Thank Your Lucky Stars

Thank Your Lucky Stars started in April 1961 and featured many singers and bands of the day. They were mostly mimed in front of a live studio audience.

On January 13, 1963 they recorded one song at the Alpha Television Studios or known as ATV Studios. They recorded "Please Please Me" but the entire performance is lost. 3 photos is all that has survived.

They went on the show again on February 17, 1963. This time filming was at the Teddington Studio Centre. The Beatles recorded "Please Please Me" again and it was broadcasted on the 23rd of February. This performance reaired on another TV show called "ABC at Large" on March 2, 1963 but it's lost. Photos exist but that is it again. Watch some of the photos here.



Their 3rd appearance was on April 14, 1963 and they sang "From me to You". It aired on April 20, 1963 and only pictures in bad quality remain.

On May 12, 1963 they went on the show again filmed at Alpha Television Studios. They were the main act and sang two songs "From me to You" and "I Saw her Standing There". It aired on the 18th of May but yet again only pictures remain.

On October 20, 1963 they went on the show again and sang "All my Loving", "Money (That's What I Want", and "She Loves You." A little fragment of "All my Loving" and the whole performance of "Money (That's What I Want)" have survived. She Loves You is still missing. You can listen to the clip here.

They went on the show again on December 15, 1963. they sang "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "All my Loving", "Twist and Shout", and "She Loves You" and were given two gold discs. The entire episode is available to watch online. Here is The Beatles performance on the show which is muted because of copyright but has a link in the description to view it with original audio.

The show was renamed to "Lucky Stars Special" when they went on the show. They went on the show again almost a year later on November 14, 1964 singing "I Feel Fine", "She's A Woman", "I'm A Loser", and "Rock and Roll Music" however there was no studio audience. The entire performance is able to view here however only the beginning part has the original audio as the others have the original recordings and not the audio from the show. Some parts are silent and no audio has been found for those parts.

Their last performance on the show was on March 28, 1965. They mimed to "Eight Days A Week", "Yes it Is", and "Ticket to Ride". They were also interviewed by presenter "Brian Matthew" at Alpha Television Studios. Photos can be seen here but there is no video footage.