New Faces Dec 11th 1976

A whole New Faces show from December 1976, including what you don't see while the ads are on.

[@holydiver73]

The good old 1970’s great music, great football and tie knots as big as your face. Thanks for posting. 👍🏻

[@markofsaltburn]

The past really is another country. Some of this makes me wince now, but it reflects the values of the time, and it’s a reminder of a side of British culture that is now pretty much gone following the decline of the industrial working class and the WMC circuit. A lot of these acts had no aspiration to “express themselves”, or be “artists” or “share their journey”, they were jobbing entertainers who wanted to get themselves on the telly and have a go at taking things to the next level. I went out with a girl in about 1980 whose dad was a singer in a group who did the clubs, and he was constantly mining the charts and TOTP for new material. He had a day job and working the clubs was something he loved doing. I don’t think he ever though twice about writing his own material because that wasn’t why he was doing it. I’m over-educated and I now have “poncy” middle class tastes that are a million miles away from this, but I’d take this over the modern Simon Cowell talent shows any day of the week - as a reminder of where I come from and the forgotten performers who entertained my mam and dad’s generation.

[@karlbarlow]

That's good to hear Mark. I was lucky to be able to make a good living from working the clubs and holiday resorts up and down the country, even though we didn't do well on New Faces. It is sad that the working men's club circuit has collapsed, but then the Music Halls suffered the same fate and no doubt many other forms of recreation went the same way before that. And yes it's frustrating that Simon Cowell has Britain's talent all stitched up. His shows really are more about the judges than the artists.

[@sheilafulton8303]

❤😅😊

[@horohito]

Very well spoken, sir 🎉😅

[@alyciamarrison2916]

I was pleasantly surprised how good most of the bands were & from so many years ago!

[@themanftheworld8439]

Mickey Most made Simon Cowell seem like a nice guy.

[@janinefarnell8570]

Love the clocks at the beginning and part 2 and 3. Happy Xmas from ATV B'ham. Nice bit of nostalgia the old New Faces😊👌

[@markwilson6551]

Fantastic. It even corrected a listing of the judges I had, and explained why Joe Loss was on the show instead of Jimmy Henney. Thanks for adding.

[@thepeckhampoet1909]

Let's face it, its dated dads stuff but still far more talent then every Britains got twats winners they've ever had.

[@sheilafulton8303]

B😊😢 😊

[@sheilafulton8303]

.❤😊😊😊

[@synthdude]

Jack Parnell and Joe Loss on the same panel. Legendary band leaders 😎

[@sheilafulton8303]

H.

[@keithwaites9991]

The guy in the Irish duo was playing a Shaftsbury Telecaster. I wanted one of those!

[@matelot95]

It's a veritable trip through the northern club scene of the 70s. You could see everyone of them at any working mens club.

[@djgaryowens]

Now there would be complaints from the PC snowflakes for not having enough bame or lgbt "persons" visible on screen.

[@djgaryowens]

I remember this also because of Jack Parnell's comments about guitar playing which were totally wrong the flamenco guitatist was great and his guitar playing was VERY real.

[@karlbarlow]

I remember that the panel were instructed to mark everyone down that week, so that the only person to get over 100 points would be the winner. The reason was that the following week they would broadcast the Ton- Up show and they didn't want any more acts for that show. The guitarist deserved more, yes.

[@dougreed2257]

That comedian was as funny as kidney stones😜😵

[@Juliukas101]

Agreed, he was fookin awful!

[@keithwaites9991]

He looked like that fine character actor Freddie Jones (who was probably a better comedian)

[@richardbrown1189]

I can't watch an episode of New Faces without thinking about Benny Hill's send-up Newer Faces which was much better!

[@nigden1]

My dad used to call this 'Old Arses.'

[@mistofoles]

As a kid, the Maouri band would have scared me shitless.

[@gerryogilvie9294]

Can't believe the guy on the panel said 'I like my Maori's a little darker !!!'

[@karlbarlow]

Ha ha yes, you have to remember it was well before P.C.

[@carolinemccabe8660]

that comic is as funny as your dog dying

[@karlbarlow]

Poor dog..!!

[@gordonbeattie4864]

ITV3 and 4 could do worse than show what's left of New Faces in the archives - FAR more entertaining that BGT or any of Cowell's tawdry trash.

[@karlbarlow]

It was certainly more "real" than what's manufactured now.

[@s.j.bluewater908]

Spot on. The stark difference between Mickey Most and Cowell- Mickey Most had an amazing ear for music. Cowell, I understand, is tone deaf.

[@john111257]

omg i was 19 this day...this guy on jigsaw no way, des dyer blown him away

[@roywatson8133]

micky most was always very honest

[@Juliukas101]

I particularly didn't get the singing part of that "comedian's" shitshow of an act? Why did he just keep warbling an incomplete line of a song?

[@brianmarshall4753]

I remember New faces on Saturday the 10 December 1976 when I'm a little kid but what happened to Derek hobson his still alive his used to presenting ATV today from 1975 to 1978 when his taken over by young Bob warman

[@karlbarlow]

As far as I know, he's still alive Brian, and doing after dinner speeches and things like that. Apparently he's 71, lives in Essex and is writing a book.

[@lynncuthbert2307]

My hubby won this in 1974...it was rigged back then. All illusionists.

[@davidburton-richardson9516]

What was his name ?? Xxxx

[@lynncuthbert2307]

@@davidburton-richardson9516 Stewart Jason.. He was a Scottish singer. Milandra Newman Won the studio vote but the public were outraged and they voted him as winner. She was a 9 year old telling a poem. She went on to play Kathy in Emerdale. Terrible actress.

[@simonfoster4350]

​@@lynncuthbert2307Good to see you're over it now though

[@malcolmwearin4185]

We used to watch this! Amateur talent night. Pretty awful as we're the un hip panel

[@s.j.bluewater908]

A great show. A musical panel!! Unlike X factor featuring the ‘tone deaf’ Simon Cowell.

[@john111257]

parnell a legend

[@juliegibson3987]

Looking for 1978 maybe .... my dad was on this show im looking for it :)

[@errol-ih4jy]

THIS WAS A BENT SHOW THEN, AND COWELLS CARRIED ON FROM THERE, ITS STILL BENT, AND THE AGENTS GAVE BUNGS TO THIS LOT, TO GET THEYRE ACTS ON THE SHOW, AND THEY ARE ALL BENT, THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO GOT SHAFTED WERE THE ACTS AND THE PUBLIC.

[@karlbarlow]

We had to auction and got through. But yes we bunged the floor manager a tenner to place out amplifiers a bit closer behind us, so we could hear them.

[@KantianParadox]

Mickie Most - hard man to please!

[@karlbarlow]

Aye, we certainly didn't please him, though I must admit he was quite gentle in his criticism of us. It 's weird to think most of them are dead now. Derek Hobson is still alive and kicking, though I'm not sure about John Smith.

[@annoldham3018]

Remember Tony Hatch being hard work.😁

[@roywatson8133]

if they were crap tony hatch and micky most would say it @@annoldham3018

[@MRROBBIEWATTS]

Derek's Tie looks Psychotic

[@mistofoles]

I thought the "thing" that guitarists used when they play was called a plectrum .

[@karlbarlow]

Hi Mistofoles you're right, the plectrum is used to pluck the strings. The capo, that they're on about, goes on the neck to hold the strings down, if the guitarist wants to change the key and make the chords easier to play.

[@Westy1971]

Strange to think this came from the same studio that was later home to the early Central Weekends!

[@karlbarlow]

They made many many productions back in the day: Boon Series 1 to 3, Sapphire and Steel, Crossroads - obviously, Blockbusters and Spitting Image to name just a few. They made a few films too, as Central TV films.

[@Westy1971]

@@karlbarlow I was thinking that it came from Studio 1 at Birmingham. I guess the same place the likes of The Golden Shot came from as well, Same goes for Studio 3, most viewers knew it as the home of Tiswas but additionally it was the home of the regional news as well during the week!

[@roywatson8133]

derek hobson remenber him on itv local news what became of him

[@karlbarlow]

He worked for TVS and TSW as a presenter till 1988. He seems to have fallen off the TV radar and I think joined the many ex-celebrities on the after dinner speaker circuit.

[@dyanehowland7084]

Cannot believe he won it

[@karlbarlow]

Neither could we..!!

[@mistofoles]

New faces ? I've never even heard of the host or any of the panellists !

[@karlbarlow]

yes well it's an old copy from almost 50 years ago

[@paulsullivan1010]

fantastic....although it wasnt the Maori who killed cook, it was the people of Hawaii.....only couple of thousand miles away...lol

[@mistofoles]

@7:43 - "Giz a job, I can do that !"

[@Baltihunter]

Didn’t Ken Worthington come last.

[@meirwise1107]

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. I preferred the flamenco guitar and the Maori singers.

[@karlbarlow]

It was through the Maori Singers that enabled a member of 5-A-Side to get the video from the producer Albert Stevenson and then kindly pass it on to me.

[@Rosiebeatle]

Always loved "Sky High " 💘 That comedian Nicky Gunn should be done under the trades description act...how the hell did he get on there?! I've had infected wisdom teeth that made me laugh more...yet they were "amused"... got to be rigged as he was bloody abysmal and by far the worst act there 😖😬 Telling even from the 70s I never heard of him. Its a "no" from me and a "gerroff" from everyone else with a sense of humour Dave Mandel (?)... awesome job. As a guitarist I know how hard it is to do that and how many hours of work and practice you have to do to be that great and sound like three guitars and a drum at once. In fact all the others were good. It definitely comes across as rigged 🤨

[@karlbarlow]

The only thing I was aware of being rigged was the fact that everyone in the show got below 100 points apart from the winner Nicky Gunn. The reason could have been that the "Ton Up" show was being aired the following week and they'd probably already scripted and chosen acts for that.

[@craiggerrard5117]

He might not have been good by the high standards of 1976 (although I thought he was pretty good)but compared to the shite today he is amazing.

[@Baltihunter]

You bloody loved that comedian. Admit it

[@karlbarlow]

Here's a better quality version of the show: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpTcn6Jsbr9jis0

[@ericarobinson3289]

HI Karl , Hope you are well . Do you have Victoria Wood first broadcast on New Faces ?

[@karlbarlow]

@@ericarobinson3289 Hi Erica, I'm sorry I don't have that. This is the only show I'd managed to obtain. There is someone (Mark Wilson) lower down in the comments section here, who is putting together an archive of New Faces material. He may be able to help you. Good luck

[@Rosiebeatle]

Always loved "Sky High " 💘 That comedian Nicky Gunn should be done under the trades description act...how the hell did he get on there?! I've had infected wisdom teeth that made me laugh more...yet they were "amused"... got to be rigged as he was bloody abysmal and by far the worst act there 😖😬 Telling even from the 70s I never heard of him. Its a "no" from me and a "gerroff" from everyone else with a sense of humour Dave Mandel (?)... awesome job. As a guitarist I know how hard it is to do that and how many hours of work and practice you have to do to be that great and sound like three guitars and a drum at once. In fact all the others were good. It definitely comes across as rigged 🤨

[@chriswaring5565]

JOHN SMITH BET HE FEELS BITTER

[@walkingTVwithadog]

More of those foxes,less New Faces,please. Thanks

[@MRROBBIEWATTS]

'WTF' ?????????????????????????

[@carolinemccabe8660]

first act jason king fucking magic

[@russellwhite1581]

I thought the O'Sullivan brothers were the best act. And Nickey Gunn was awful.

[@karlbarlow]

I have to agree..

[@barblessable]

What ever happened Derek he was so smug ,this show was awful, there were much better acts on the club scene at that time.

[@saltifish]

The comedy act was atrocious, the female soloist was my pick.

[@karlbarlow]

I know that comedy tastes change over the years, but I must admit didn't find him funny even back then. I might have been jealous at the time though.

[@craiggerrard5117]

I thought he was really funny.

[@sicr7373]

I was cringing, just awful!

[@pipelinecenter]

Totally agree. Dreadful even for the 70's.

[@Rosiebeatle]

I've laughed more during a bad migraine than at him🙄 Please don't tell me he won it in the end

[@trebsscan9644]

Blimey what a load of rubbish...I watched the 80s version and this was no better...all these talent shows including opportunity knocks were abysmal...I wouldn't normally say this but for once...thank goodness Punk came along...... you now can understand why they had a go at the establishment... mickey most was spot on if he thought they lacked tallent... I have never watched any of the pop idol nonsense and its ilk... Jim Davidson or Lenny Henry could not fail looking back..whilst this rubbish was on, BBC 1 had DR Who with Tom Baker on and pulled better viewing figures ...

[@gazriley624]

first band totally pointless cover version why not do an original song instead of a pedestrian version of a big hit

[@markofsaltburn]

You only get one chance to impress, and it’s less risky to go with a familiar, catchy, and fairly recent song. They’re there to be judged as performers, not songwriters. 5-a-side, I guess, came through the clubs and were probably a show-band first and foremost at that stage in their career- and there’s nothing wrong with that.

[@nazaholicable]

@@markofsaltburn Ironically, Jigsaw who wrote and performed the fantastic 'Sky High' were one-hit wonders themselves.