Cool For Cats (TV series)
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Cool For Cats was one of the first shows on British TV to feature music for a teenage audience. It was produced by Associated Rediffusion, part of the ITV network, and ran from December 1956 to February 1961.
The show was presented by Kent Walton and each lasted for fifteen minutes. Discs were played and then commented upon, sometimes The Dougie Squires Dancers, which included the then unknown Una Stubbs, performed dance routines based on the music. The programme was originally broadcast on Mondays at 7:15pm and later moved to Thursdays. Due to its success it was a twice weekly show (the second a repeat) later expanding to a half hour slot. The shows' initiator was the drama innovator, director Joan-Kemp Welch and the first and the show's longest running choreographer, Dougie Squires.
Kent Walton took the title from a show of the same name he hosted on Radio Luxembourg.
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Neville Wortman Cool for Cats resident cartoonist drawing in vision a parody to the lyrics of popular discs in the Top Twenty, also occasionally appearing and performing with the dancers.
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