''The Winifred Atwell Show'' was the title of both a British TV and radio series in the mid-1950s. They starred pianist
Winifred Atwell
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, who had had a number of hits on the UK charts.
Television
The television series was broadcast 21 April to 23 June 1956 on
ITV
ITV or iTV may refer to:
ITV
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as "
Bernard Delfont
Bernard Delfont, Baron Delfont (born Boris Winogradsky; 5 September 1909 – 28 July 1994) was a leading Russian-born British theatrical impresario.
Life and career
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presents The Winifred Atwell Show",
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The series was initially booked by ITV for 6 episodes, but this was extended to 10 by popular demand.
Regulars included singing act
Teddy Johnson and Pearl Carr and the comedy act
Morecambe and Wise
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The show switched to the
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for 7 weekly episodes starting 13 April 1957.
All episodes of both series are believed to be lost.
Atwell did a later TV series in the early 1960s called ''The Amazing Miss A'', of which most episodes survive.
She was likely the first black woman to have her own series on British television.
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and was recorded in front of live audiences at various locations around England. At least one radio episode is available online.