Underplayed Gems

Juke Box Jury (1959)

Juke Box Jury poster
Genre
reality
Country
United Kingdom
Length
6 seasons, 3 episodes
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is a music panel show where celebrity guests judge new records on whether they will be hits. It aired on Saturday nights on BBC Television during the 1960s.

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What happens

Juke Box Jury is a music panel show which was broadcast on BBC Television between 1 June 1959 and 27 December 1967. The programme is based on the American show Jukebox Jury, itself an offshoot of a long-running radio series. The American series, which was televised, aired from 1953 to 1959 and was hosted by Peter Potter, Suzanne Alexander, Jean Moorhead, and Lisa Davis. The series featured celebrity showbusiness guests on a rotating weekly panel who were asked to judge the hit potential of recent record releases. By 1962 the programme was attracting 12 million viewers weekly on Saturday nights. The concept was later revived by the BBC for one series in 1979 and a further two series in 1989–1990. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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