Three of a Kind (1967 TV series)
Three of a Kind is a British comedy sketch and music television show starring Mike Yarwood, Ray Fell and Lulu.[1][2] Two series were shown by the BBC during 1967.[1][2]
Although successful, Yarwood turned down a third series as he hoped to follow Lulu in getting a series of his own. He went on to become one of the biggest stars of the 1970s.[1]
Lulu said in her autobiography that she enjoyed working on the show, but wasn't comfortable with comedy.[3]
Episodes
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Three Of A Kind
Produced by John Ammonds.
Series 1: Broadcast Mondays on BBC2 at 8:05pm.
| Total # |
Series # |
Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | John Ammonds | Austin Steele, Brad Ashton & Julius Emmanuel | 12 June 1967 | |
| The first of a new series starring Lulu, Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood with the Go-Jos. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | David Bell | Austin Steele, Brad Ashton, Peter Robinson & Neil Shand | 19 June 1967 | |
| Starring Lulu, Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood with the Go-Jos. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | John Ammonds | Austin Steele, Brad Ashton, Peter Robinson & Neil Shand | 26 June 1967 | |
| Starring Lulu, Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood with the Go-Jos and Guest Star Stratford Johns. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | John Ammonds | Austin Steele, Brad Ashton & Neil Shand | 3 July 1967 | |
| Starring Lulu, Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood with the Go-Jos. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Episode 5" | John Ammonds | Austin Steele, Brad Ashton & Neil Shand | 10 July 1967 | |
| Starring Lulu, Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood with the Go-Jos. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Episode 6" | John Ammonds | Austin Steele, Brad Ashton & Neil Shand | 17 July 1967 | |
| Starring Lulu, Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood with the Go-Jos. | ||||||
Series 2: Broadcast Mondays on BBC2 at 8:05pm
| Total # |
Series # |
Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Sydney Lotterby | Austin Steele, Brad Ashton, Barry Knowles, Les Lilley & Neil Shand | 30 October 1967 | |
| The first of a new series starring Lulu, Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood with Malcolm Clare, Audrey Bayley, Alix Kirsta, Frances Pidgeon & Christine Pockett. | ||||||
| 8 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Sydney Lotterby | Austin Steele, Brad Ashton, Dan Douglass, Barry Knowles, Les Lilley & Neil Shand | 8 November 1967 | |
| Starring Lulu, Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood with Malcolm Clare, Audrey Bayley, Alix Kirsta, Frances Pidgeon & Christine Pockett. | ||||||
| 9 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Sydney Lotterby | Barry Knowles, Brad Ashton, Peter Robinson & Les Lilley | 13 November 1967 | |
| Starring Lulu, Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood with Malcolm Clare, Audrey Bayley, Alix Kirsta, Frances Pidgeon & Christine Pockett. | ||||||
| 10 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Sydney Lotterby | Dan Douglas, Brad Ashton, Barry Knowles & Les Lilley | 20 November 1967 | |
| Starring Lulu, Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood with Malcolm Clare, Audrey Bayley, Alix Kirsta, Frances Pidgeon & Christine Pockett. | ||||||
| 11 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Sydney Lotterby | Brad Ashton, Don Douglas, Joe Steeples & Peter Robinson | 27 November 1967 | |
| Starring Lulu, Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood with Malcolm Clare, Audrey Bayley, Alix Kirsta, Frances Pidgeon & Christine Pockett. | ||||||
Archive Status
All 11 episodes are currently missing from the archives. No material is known to exist.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Yarwood, Mike (1941-)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
Yarwood was British television's first truly successful impressionist [and] one of the biggest stars of the 1970s. [..] His first series, Three of a Kind (BBC, 1967), teamed him with comedian Ray Fell and singer Lulu in a mixture of song and sketch. Despite two successful series, Yarwood turned down a third, as Lulu had by now progressed to her own series and he hoped for the same.
- ^ a b "Front cover". Radio Times. 10 June 1967. p. 1. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
Mike Yarwood, Lulu and Ray Fell are the stars of Monday's new BBC-2 series 3 of a Kind
- ISBN 9780748128051. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
My first TV series was Three of a Kind, starring Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood [..] The format was mainly comedy sketches and I often played the straight woman [..] Although I enjoyed working on the show, I wasn't entirely comfortable doing comedy [..] [The BBC] encouraged me to do more comedy, but I much preferred to sing.
- ^ https://www.tvbrain.info/tv-archive?showname=three+of+a+kind&type=lostshow