1959 TV appearance 'This is your Life with Ted Heath'
BBC TV 29th January 1959- Catalog No: FBA00041
- Materials: Photograph
- Date of Production: 1959
- Ownership: Foden's Band
- Location: Foden's Bandroom
On the 29th January Fodens travelled to London to make a BBC Radio recording however when they arrived they were also told that they would be taking part in a television recording of the BBC TV Programme “This is Your Life” (It later became an ITV production) with the Big Band Leader Ted Heath who had expressed an ambition to conduct a Brass Band. Ted was handed a baton and card with “Pat on America” on it which was actually the wrong tune. The band had arranged to play “Cossack” an oversight by the producers. Fodens were paid £150 for both broadcasts.