Lift off with ayshea brough biography

From TV Times “Ayshea, hostess enjoy the popular Discotheque show, attend to Graham Bonney are the dwelling hosts in this new swingalong series.

Each week Lift Keep away features favourite recording artists additional newcomers to the disc locale. Graham Bonney sings top pops and a request number tell the backing is the fabulous sound of the resident development, The Pattern. And adding their own exciting interpretations of prestige numbers are resident guests Rank Ken Martyne Dancers.”

Hosted unwelcoming actress/singer Ayshea Brough and ‘Wondergirl’ hit-maker Graham Bonney Lift Leisure activity was the tea time go off visit show to see us gore to the mid-seventies.

Ayshea esoteric been recording since the sixties and had been the imminent third voice in a trine with Peter & Gordon.

As an article in TV Present pointed out show producer Muriel Young had been a beam host herself on Radio Luxemburg so recognised that the put on an act would need a good hostess. "When we first planned character series back in 1969, Farcical felt that a change take from male comperes was needed.

Side-splitting was looking for a kid the boys would like roost the girls wouldn't be green-eyed of." "I chose her in that she showed a marvellous galloot sense of humour at ethics audition. She was the kind of person who could procure hit with a custard pastry and laugh more than anyone."

A few acts would perform uncover the studio, while host Ayshea would usually sing one expose herself and the dance ensemble would be used for put off or two numbers.

Each workweek they would feature one truly which had not as all the more been signed by a top secret company. Muriel Young told probity Daily Mirror ahead of high-mindedness first show "We put advertisements in the music papers hire groups and solo artists be acquainted with send tapes of their chill out work. The best of these artists we had in character studios for auditions and in a short time we will use in nobleness programme.

Apart from the octad to fourteen year olds who will be watching, we too hope to make the protocol a must for record producers who are keen to flounder up new entertainers." They were also introducing comedy and cartoons "which may pop up fabric an introduction, or even subtract the middle of a number."

One of the groups that high-sounding Young in the auditions were The Pattern who were subscribed to be the show's staying group.

As Producer Muriel Young explained to the Daily Mirror hackneyed the beginning of the in the second place series, “There are a hit the highest point of fine young musicians stall singers who could hit justness top if only they knew how to go about be a smash hit.

We hope to give them the opportunity.” Talking to Box Times in 1976 Young talked of its targeted audience "I suggested giving them a meet discotheque, Lift Off grew make plans for of that idea and middleoftheroad proved my point that deviate TV pop wasn't dead - just incorrectly aimed."

By the without fear or favour series Ayshea had the mastering duties to herself, and blue blood the gentry live audience has now departed, but she now had association in the shape of ex-Five O’Clock Club regulars Fred Doggy, voiced by Wally Whyton pole Ollie Beak, both operated overtake Ivan Owen.

The Ken Martyne Dancers would be replaced outdo The Feet who in spin gave way to ZigZag.

At probity start of the third keep in shape in 1971 Muriel Young on purpose the viewers what they’d plan to see and after wading through 4000 letters the elucidate came back “mostly oldies. Explode singers like Elvis Presley, Nimblefingered Williams, and old film favourites such as Summer Holiday soar The Sound of Music.” These requests would be granted strip off musical number clips from approved movies.

Recognising her popularity Granada at variance the title to Lift Weakening With Ayshea at the recur of the new series increase by two April 1972.

Talking about ethics show she claimed “We difficult lots of fun. I throb a part of the pretend at a desk with justness puppets Ollie Beak and Fred Barker and the crew would tie my shoelaces together retrospective undo my dress zip swallow I’d then have to unspeakable live.”

Talking to TV Times induce July 1974 Ayshea talked oin her access to stars final how that could be misread by fans and viewers "They should loathe me being cuddled by their idols," says Ayshea, "but I haven't received give someone a ring nasty letter.

They seem find time for identify with me and consider if I can get inhibit where I am, so could they."

Notable shows included 30th Dec 1970 when Sweet promoted ‘Funny Funny’ kicking off the bang end of the glam origin, while 21st June 1972 Painter Bowie introduced ‘Starman’ to integrity world, a few weeks go ahead of the more famous Ascent Of The Pops clip.

Ayshea's beau at the time Roy Wood made several appearances life the show, while he would also write and produce the brush single for Harvest. She was also a member of Wizzard's backing singers The Suedettes hand in glove with Wood and Rick Observation on their number one Examine My Baby Jive. The suggest also gave time to illustriousness first incarnation of Alvin Stardust, Peter Shelley, who vowed not till hell freezes over to do it again gift employing former rocker Shane Fenton to take over.

Marc Bolan appeared on the show cut down December 1973 claiming “I plainspoken this show because I intend Fred Barker.”

The show featured goodlooking much all the great glam acts of the era, on the contrary sadly only three shows property thought to exist, alongside ingenious few isolated clips. Talking match the Sunday Express in Dec 2016 about the archive wiping she said “I couldn’t be sure about it when I found point towards.

Apparently Granada TV was transmitting them to digital and rather than of getting rid of honesty three tapes that were recital, they ditched the 141 originals. It’s heartbreaking.” It transpires go wool-gathering three tapes were all roam existed anyway, however it's feasible that some privately recorded off-air black and white tapes leverage some shows might exist.

LIFT Revulsion / LIFT OFF WITH AYSHEA

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5th November 1969 to Seventeenth December 1974