AUSTRALIAN, NEW ZEALAND & JAPANESE TELEVISION APPEARANCES

Australian/New Zealand information compiled by Stuart Wilkinson
Japanese information provided by Laurie Parsons Zenobio








[All listings AUSTRALIA, except as noted]

1971

PETULA
(7 Network National)

4/71

Petula's third American TV Special.
Guests: Peggy Lee, Dean Martin, the Everly Brothers, David Frost.
"Beautiful Sounds", duet with Peggy Lee ("I'm A Woman", "Wedding Bell Blues"), "Games People Play" (with The Everly Brothers), duet medley with Dean Martin on a horse ("Hey Good Lookin'", "Detour", "Things", "I Walk The Line", "Just A Little Lovin'"), medley ("Come Together", "Great Come And Get It Day"), "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (with Lee), "Fool On The Hill"



















REVIEWS:

NOT TOP IN MY TALENT CHART

      I don't care if Petula Clark is top of the charts. You'd have to be the paid secretary of her fan club to watch Petula on Tuesday night at 7.30 on Channel 7. I don't like her voice and I don't find her particularly talented.
      And if you think Peggy Lee, Dean Martin, David Frost and The Everly Brothers do anything on the show to lift it out of the rut--forget it. They do themselves a disservice by being on.
      But the production now that's another thing. Do you know that Petula changes the scenery electronically every time she sings a note.
Sunday Times TV Guide
April 1971

A WEEK LATER, THE FOLLOWING NOTE WAS PUBLISHED:



A MATTER OF TASTE

      By now you will have discovered that taste and discernment are not the criteria of criticism, nor is knowledge.
      In short if the masses like it, it's good.
      Petula Clark in her special last week is the case in point. I thought the whole thing, cheap nasty and annoying not like the girl singer. I did not think the comedians were particularly funny and gimmickry like flashing lights did not make production. How wrong I must have been, ever since the show hit the air TVW 7's phone has run hot with requests for a repeat.

EDITORS FOOTNOTE:
      Petula was the highest rating programme in Perth last week gaining 56% of the available viewing audience. On national ratings for all capital cities, Petula was ranked 4th for the week.
Sunday Times TV Guide
April 1971

1973

OPERA HOUSE CONCERT - PETULA CLARK
(7 Network National)

10/10/73

Special 1 hour concert.
Colour My World, You Are the Sunshine of My Life, Don't Sleep in the Subway, I Couldn't Live Without Your Love, Wedding Song, You've Got a Friend, I Don't Know How to Love Him, Downtown, Killing Me Softly.

Unknown Japanese Variety Show
(NHK Tokyo)



Japan
10/12/73

According to Petula's musical director, Frank Owens, who accompanied Petula on this trip, the NHK studio was very high tech for its time. All of the cameras were controlled remotely from within the control booth.
My Love, Don't Sleep in the Subway, You and I, I Don't Know How to Love Him, I Feel Pretty, Downtown, This is My Song

1983

DAVID FROST SHOW

5/873

Interview.
The Way We Were (at the piano.)

1986

40TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
(ABC National)

1/1/86

Petula's 40th Anniversary Concert from 1983. Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in London, it was broadcast in two parts on the BBC.

SHOWBIZ AUSTRALIA
(Network 10)

10/29/86

Interview.

MIDDAY WITH RAY MARTIN
(Nine Network National)

10/18-19/86

I Couldnt Live Without Your Love, plus in-depth interview.

THE MIDDAY SHOW
(Nine Network National)

10/86

I Couldnt Live Without Your Love

MIDDAY WITH RAY MARTIN
(Nine Network National)

10/29/86

Special "By Demand" return appearance. Give it a Try

SHOWBIZ AUSTRALIA WITH BERT NEWTON
(Network 10)

10/29/86

Interview.

1998

MIDDAY WITH KERRI ANNE KENNERLEY
(Nine Network)

3/8/98

Host: Kerri Anne Kennerley
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love ~ Here We Are

IN MELBOURNE TONIGHT

3/17/98

Don't Sleep in the Subway

GMA (Good Morning Australia)
(Network 10 National)

3/17/98

Host: Bert Newton. Chat.

2001

GMA (Good Morning Australia)
(Network 10 National)

3/17/98

Host: Bert Newton. Chat.

2003

TODAY
(Channel 9)

11/6/03

Host: Richard Wilkins. Chat.

2004

VERUSHKA'S MARDI GRAS PARTY
(mtv)

3/04

Downtown 2004 clip and interview. 3 repeats.

MTV
(MTV)

Jan - March, 04

Downtown 2004 clip video clip

HOLMES
(TV One)

3/3/047

Current affairs and news.
Interview and video clips

GOOD MORNING AUSTRALIA
(Network 10)

3/11/04

Host Bert Newton.
Interview.

2013

TODAY SHOW

2013

Interview. Lost in You promotion.