Cool for Cats (1956)
- Music
Directed by: Joan Kemp-Welch
Written by: Joan Kemp-Welch
Britain's First Pop Music Show.
- Original title
- Cool for Cats
- Storyline
- Popular music series, the first on British TV aimed at a teenage audience, where new rock and pop discs were played accompanied by images or dancers, introduced by Kent Walton reclining in an chair and often smoking a cigarette, with Ker Robertson handling the turntable. The series often had guests singing their latest tracks. It was shown weekly or twice-weekly, with a duration of 15 mins or 30 mins, and mostly transmitted live. The programme moved around the ITV schedule, sometimes screened early evening, sometimes late evening, and on different days.
- Companies
- Associated-Rediffusion Television
- Release dates
- GB December 31, 1957