Thank Your Lucky Stars 

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Produced by ABC TV and broadcast on ITV, Thank Your Lucky Stars was intended as a rival to the well-established Juke Box Jury. 

The original presenter of the show was Keith Fordyce, who went on to greater fame as compere of Ready Steady Go!.

Other presenters over the show's five-year duration included Jimmy Savile, Pete Murray, Barry Alldis, Kent Walton (who became the wrestling commentator on World Of Sport), Alan Dell, Sam Costa, Jimmy Young, Don Moss and Brian Matthew. 

The Five O'clock Club presenter Muriel Young also co-hosted the show on occasion.

Many of the top bands performed on the show, and for millions of British teenagers it was essential viewing. As well as featuring British artists, American guests were frequent visitors.

Don Moss introduced 'Spin a Disc' to the show - The famous segment where a panel of "typical teenagers" listened to the latest releases and awarded each of them points (out of five) in an obvious cloning of the Juke Box Jury format.

Janice Nicholls, a 16 year old Black Country lass, became a star overnight when she uttered the immortal words "Oi'll give it foive". She remained on the panel for three years and the phrase became part of British colloquial language . . .

The show bowed out in the summer of 1966.