Procol Harum

Beyond
the Pale

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Something for the mums and dads

(not to mention Robin Copping's PH film)


'The Beatles and English pop group Procol Harum can be seen in separate programs on ABC–TV on Saturday evening. The entire Ed Sullivan show on Saturday February 27, at 7.30 pm, is devoted to music by the Beatles. The Beatles sing The Two of Us [sic], Yesterday and Let it Be.

'Dionne Warwick, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, Peggy Lee, Duke Ellington and his orchestra, dancer and choreographer Peter Gennaro, Sesame Street's The Muppets and Edward Villella present other Beatles songs.

'Peggy Lee sings Something and Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Peter Gennaro portrays Sgt Pepper. Duke Ellington and his orchestra create a jazz concerto based on Beatles songs, and Edward Villella dances to Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.

'Procol Harum, best known for their world-wide smash hit of 1967, A Whiter Shade of Pale, are the stars of a 55-minute special on Saturday, February 27, at 6 pm.'

   

ABC–TV schedule – excerpted from TV Times, 24 February 1971

5.30

Smokey Bear Show: End of the World

5.50

Paulus the Wood Gnome

6.00

Special: The Procol Harum (55 min)
In 1967 a new pop group emerged with the hit song, A Whiter Shade of Pale. The were The Procul Harum [sic]. We meet the members of the group and see them perform their hit [sic] along with other numbers, including Captain Clack [sic], Whisky Train, and Your Overcoat Is Too Long [sic]. The group's leader, Gary Brooker, comments throughout.

6.55

Weather

7.00

News

7.15

Sports Review

7.30

Ed Sullivan show: The Beatles Songbook

8.20

Four Corners

9.15

Movie: The Bargee
Comedy [sic]: Harry Corbett, Derek Nimmo, Ronnie Barker, Eric Sykes

10.55

Sorry I'm Single: The Rough Night

How to get hold of a copy
of the Procol Harum film.

How to get hold of a copy
of Paulus the Wood Gnome


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