AMERICAN TELEVISION APPEARANCES






Compiled by Jim Pierson. Updated by Laurie Parsons Zenobio







THE EIGHTIES & NINETIES

1980

MONTE CARLO SHOW
(HBO)

3/14/81

Host: Patrick Wayne.
Guests: Petula, David Soul, Galina & Valery Panov.
Don't Cry for Me, Argentina.

ALL STAR TRIBUTE TO FRED ASTAIRE

4/81

A glimpse of Petula can be seen in the audience.

PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND
(Syndicated)

8/29//81

30-minute documentary dedicated to Petula.

1985

AN ORPHAN'S TALE
(HBO)



1/8-9-10/85

Starring: Petula & Fabrice JosseFrench mini-series based on the classic novel by Hector Malot. Three part family drama in which a 10-year old orphan boy (Fabrice Josse) struggles to reunite with his mother (Petula.)

Interesting to note, that when this series was dubbed into English, another actress dubbed Petula's voice.

NIGHT OF 100 STARS
(CBS)

3/10/85

Guests: Petula--one of the 100. Excerpt of Downtown

1986

AMERICA PICKS THE #1 SONGS
(ABC)



5/21/86

Host: Frankie Avalon & Barbara Mandrell.
Hits medley.
(NOTE: One of the dancers in the show was Tim, who was one of Petula's backup singers/dancers in the group, Friends, from her seventies nightclub act.)

THE TODAY SHOW
(NBC)



7/23/86

NBC morning show.
Jane Pauley interviews guests: Petula & Lulu. On location in London on the ocassion of Sarah Ferguson & Prince Andrew's wedding.

JERRY LEWIS MUSCULAR DISTROPHY TELETHON
(NBC)

8/31/86

From Las Vegas. Host: Jerry Lewis.
Memory.

HOUR MAGAZINE
(NBC)

9/86

Afternoon chat show with host Gary Collins.
Guests: Petula, Ben Vereen, Daniel J. Travanti.

LIVE WITH REGIS AND KATIE LEE
(Syndicated)

10/16/86

Hits medley.

NIGHTWATCH
(NBC)

1986

Remote interview with Petula in London.

1987

ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
(Syndicated)

8/86

Brief interview.

CBS MORNING SHOW
(Syndicated)

8/17/86

interview.

1988

CBS MORNING SHOW
(CBS)

8/88

interview.

LIVE WITH REGIS AND KATIE LEE
(Syndicated)

10/16/86

Medley: I Know a Place/Subway/Downtown (with Frank Owens, who was formerly Petula's long time music director--who is also the show's music director-- on piano.)

VH1
(CBS)

1988

Brief interview.

E
(E)

1988

Brief interview.

1989

ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
(Syndicated)

1989

Brief interview.

LIVE WITH REGIS & KATHIE LEE
(Syndicated)

10/16/89

In London during the West End run of Someone Like You Downtown ~ All Through the Years

1991

A CLOSER LOOK
(Syndicated)

9/10/91

Guests: Petula & Tiny Tim.
Hits medley.

1992

VICKI
(Syndicated)

9/29/92

Host: Vicki Lawrence
Guests: Petula, Jane Leeves, Christopher Hewitt, Jane Carr.
Oxygen

1993

BOB COSTAS SHOW

9/2/93

Interview.

AMERICAN THEATRE WING SEMINAR
(Syndicated)

12/93

Round table discussion of the theatre with Petula, David Cassidy, (who were starring together in Blood Brothers on Broadway, as well as assorted other actors.






     A panel of performers - David Cassidy and Petula Clark from "Blood Brothers", Julie Harris ("The Fiery Furnace"), Jeff Hyslop ("Kiss of the Spider Woman"), and Joe Mantello and Stephen Spinella from "Angels In America" - talk about how their families encouraged them to pursue performing professionally, appearing on a Broadway stage for the first time, differing audience reactions between the West End and Broadway, and working on the multi-part play "Angels in America."
     An acclaimed fixture on New York television and in the theatre community for 30 years, the American Theatre Wing's "Working in the Theatre" offers an unprecedented forum for the meeting of theatrical minds.
Originally taped - September, 1993















WNYC PLEDGE
(NBC)

12/93

New York telethon

1994

GIRLS NIGHT OUT

9/17/94

Stand-up comedy show featuring female comics, hosted by Petula.

New Haven News Stations

11/7/94

Interviews and Blood Brothers promotion.

DISNEY TRIBUTE TO POCAHANTAS

1994

Various celebrities tell the real story of Pocahantas.

1995

CHANNEL 5 NEWS
(San Francisco, CA)

9/95

Promotion for Blood Brothers tour.

Various News Shows
(Baltimore, Maryland)

9/95

Promotion for Blood Brothers tour.

1997

CLOSE TO YOU
(PBS)

12/971

Carpenters documentary. Petula is interviewed and is also featured in a clip from her '83 Albert Hall concert singing For All We Know an encore, which she had sung in tribute to the late Karen Carpenter.

1998

Various News Shows

12/98

Promotion for Blood Brothers tour.

1999

SOUTH BANK SHOW
(Bravo)

10/99

Hour-long documentary of Petula's life and career, produced last year in England.


In Concert
~ Bexhill-on-Sea, England
with fan Jack Ewing, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

DREAM MAKERSS
(Syndicated)

10/99

Car Giveaway, Long Lost Sisters, Petula Clark and a Free Piano: Richard Simmons' 90s tv show. In this episode, wishes are being granted left and right as Richard gives away a free car at a fitness convention, two long lost sisters find each other, and the Dream Maker himself has his wish granted when he meets his Broadway Idol, Petula Clark.

Various News Shows
(Los Angeles, CA)

12/98

Brief interview. Promotion for Sunset Boulevard.



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