Drumbeat

Hugh Sheppard

Ah! Great lines from great shows…

I’ve a vestigial memory of ‘Drumbeat’ from 1959; all episodes lost, apparently.

Producer: Stewart Morris;
Compẻre: Trevor Peacock. 

The show that launched Adam Faith (I read).

It opened with “… The time’s 6.30, the show’s called Drumbeat, and the feeling’s great!…” 

I recall that I was on a tower with a TTH 10 to 1 manual zoom for an episode from Riverside Studios, director Jo Douglas (I think).  Memorable line delivered by Trevor P. after an Adam Faith number: "Thank you, Adam; You really had ’em rockin’ and rollin’ "

There’s an unattributed clip on YouTube of Adam Faith’s “What do you want…”  Possibly from “Drumbeat”?  Any other ideas?

 

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