19-434: Young Generation may refer to: The Young Generation , a British singing and dancing group in the late 1960s and early 1970s, choreographed by Dougie Squires Saigon Buffalo , a Vietnamese professional League of Legends team (originally known as Young Generation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
38-664: A banjolele in the style of George Formby . While appearing in Blackpool in the 1930s, she capitalised on her size by adopting "Two Ton Tessie from Tennessee" as her theme song. In the 1940s, she was a frequent headliner at the London Palladium , and established herself as a recording artist in the 1950s. In 1963, Noël Coward created the part of the fish and chips peddler "Ada Cockle" specifically for O'Shea in his Broadway musical , The Girl Who Came to Supper . Her performance of traditional Cockney tunes charmed
57-615: A short-lived British sitcom As Good Cooks Go , which ran from 1969 to 1970. She appeared in films including London Town , The Blue Lamp , The Shiralee , The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming , and Bedknobs and Broomsticks . She regularly appeared on BBC Television's long running variety show, The Good Old Days . O'Shea died of congestive heart failure at age 82, at her home in East Lake Weir , Marion County , Florida . O'Shea's life
76-611: A successful choreographer, launching his own troupe Geoff Richer's First Edition who appeared on many TV shows, including Seaside Special . Although under contract and owned by the BBC, outside of television, the troupe also made stage appearances, including the 10-week run of Meet Me In London at the Adelphi Theatre with Tommy Steele beginning in April 1971. Lesley Judd went on to become well-known, despite walking out of
95-641: The repertory company on the short-lived CBS variety show The Entertainers (1964–65). In 1968, O'Shea was cast in the television movie The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , which earned her an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama. In December 1970 and January 1971, she entertained American troops in Vietnam with versions of her musical act. On 24 December 1970 she performed for troops at Long Binh and took time afterwards to greet each soldier and wish them "Happy Christmas". O'Shea starred in
114-637: The British music hall tradition and performed on stage as early as age six, billed as "The Wonder of Wales". When staying at Weston-super-Mare as a child, she got lost and was only discovered when her mother heard her singing the Ernie Mayne hit, "An N'Egg and some N'Ham and some N'Onion". By her teens she was known for her BBC Radio broadcasts and appeared on stages in Britain and South Africa . She frequently finished her act by singing and playing
133-542: The Young Generation) and Debbie McGee . Although this troupe appeared on BBC television, they were free to appear on rival broadcasters and independently of TV. The troupe had a short-lived series on ITV in 1972 2Gs and the Pop People , that ran for six episodes and featured Slade, Sandie Shaw, The Bee Gees and Lulu. They also appeared on a 1974 edition of Sunday Night At The London Palladium on ITV. Some of
152-461: The critics and helped win her a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. In 1963, O'Shea was a guest on The Ed Sullivan Show . She was popular enough that she came back in 1964 and shared the billing with the Beatles . Their joint appearance drew what was then the largest audience in the history of American television , helping bring her to American audiences. She was a member of
171-1240: The founding members of the troupe. The group were mainly dancers, but also sang songs either accompanying other singers or performing stand alone numbers. Their BBC debut came on the 1967 series The Rolf Harris Show . The line up for the Young Generation often changed, but the original teams consisted of: Sue Avory, Valerie Barrett, Bobby Bannerman, Mike Bevan, James Capehorn, Ann Chapman, Harvey Clark, Ray Cornell, Joanna Cram, Jackie Dalton, Ray Davies, Marlene Domanska, Dee Eldridge, Brian Evans, Pat Goh, Sally Graham, Johnny Greenland, Roger Hannah, David Hepburn, Jane Herbert, Linda Herbert, Harry Higham, Bob Howe, Roger Howlett, Terry Jones, Lesley Judd , Janie Kells, Linda Laurence, Scott Mackee, Judy Monks, Jenny Morgan, Rhys Nelsen, John Parsons, Terry Roberts, Brian Rogers, Margie Rumney, Joseph Saber, Cheryl St. Claire, Frederick Share, Barrie Stevens, Ricky Stratful, Donald Torr, Maggie Vieler, Michael Tye-Walker, Pauline Wall, Andy Wallace, Rae Wallace, Gerry Wedge, Miranda Willis and Wei Wei Wong. The group continued working with Rolf Harris on Show Of The Week hosted by Harris on BBC2 , 19 May 1968. Later that year, they became
190-467: The group early on to become one of the short-lived founder members of The New Seekers . Singer David Van Day was a later member of the group, as was Mary Corpe who later joined Pan's People . BBC TV Series: Squires developed a second, similar troupe in the early 1970s which was freelance and under his management, the similar, but short-lived concept troupe named The Second Generation, which included amongst many others Wei Wei Wong (who transferred from
209-1335: The group in 1969, before becoming two of television's most successful choreographers and producers later in their own right. In 1970, the troupe continued to appear on BBC2's Show Of The Week and other BBC series in which they appeared included Lulu at Berns Restaurant , A Royal Television Gala Performance , The British Screen Awards , The Rod McKuen Show and Fifty Years Of Music . On Christmas Day 1969, they appeared simultaneously on BBC1 and BBC2, starring in Christmas Night With The Stars , hosted by Val Doonican on BBC1 and in their own 'special' Jesus on BBC2. In January 1970, they were given their own self-titled BBC2 TV series, while concurrently running 'specials' on BBC1 included The Young Generation meet Lulu , The Young Generation meet Esther Ofarim and The Young Generation meet Shirley Bassey , Another regular series with Rolf Harris followed in 1970 and 1971 on BBC1 and on BBC2, they starred alongside Kenneth Williams in Meanwhile on BBC2 . Later in 1971, they appeared with Vera Lynn in Show Of The Week and Don Lurio temporarily replaced Squires as
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#1732773371308228-725: The resident dance/singing act on BBC2's International Cabaret , appearing alongside such acts as Massiel , Georgia Brown , Gilbert Becaud and Tessie O'Shea . During this time, they also appeared with Rolf Harris on his own BBC1 TV series. During this TV run, new members joining the troupe included Heather Beckers, Marie Betts, Iain Burton , Catherine Collins. Chris Cooper, Roger Finch, Denise Fone, Danny Grover, Carolyn Heywood, Erik-Jack, Linda Joliff, Kay Korda, Patricia Lovet, Denis Morrissey, Peter Newton, Sandy Penson, Jeremy Robinson, Terry Robinson (aka Terry Calloway), Ricky Stratful and Trevor Willis. Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick joined
247-694: The same year by Ken Dodd 's World Of Laughter on BBC1. Their last BBC series was The Musical Time Machine which aired on BBC2 in 1977. They continued to appear regularly with Vera Lynn on BBC shows, including A Jubilee Of Music in 1976. Later members of the group who had joined by 1973 included Vonnie Barnes, Walter Cartier, David Hampshire, Veronica France, Jerry Manley, Kay Frazer, John Melainey, Jackie Hall, Steven Payne, Martine Howard, ( later to become lead singer with (Guys 'n' Dolls) Georgina Keane, Karen Knight, Sue Lake, Di Palmer, Liz Robertson, Benita Shawe, Michelle Thorne, Spencer Shires, Donald Torr, Trevor Willis and Geoff Richer who also went on to be
266-551: The title Young Generation . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Young_Generation&oldid=1170214646 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Young Generation Douglas William Squires OBE MVO (16 February 1932 – 21 May 2023)
285-569: The troupe in breach of contract. Soon after she joined Blue Peter and became a regular TV and radio presenter through to the early 1990s. Wei Wei Wong had other minor TV roles (including Warship and Spy! ) and appeared briefly in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun and was a hostess on both ITV 's The Golden Shot and 3-2-1 . Wong was also a member of the subsequent 'The Second Generation'. Sally Graham left
304-459: The troupe reunited with Squires in 2016. Tessie O%27Shea Teresa Mary "Tessie" O'Shea (13 March 1913 – 21 April 1995) was a Welsh entertainer and actress. O'Shea was born at 61 Plantagenet Street in Riverside, Cardiff to newspaper wholesaler James Peter O'Shea, who had been a soldier and who was the son of Irish emigrants, and his wife Nellie Theresa Carr. O'Shea was reared in
323-557: The troupe's choreographer. Their next BBC series came in 1972 on BBC1 in Engelbert with The Young Generation starring Engelbert Humperdinck . In 1973, they starred alongside Vince Hill in BBC2's series They Sold A Million . The same year saw another series: The Young Generation Big Top , which featured Clodagh Rodgers , The Bachelors , Danny La Rue and Sandie Shaw . A second series of They Sold A Million aired in 1974, followed
342-660: Was an English choreographer, known best for his work in television from the mid-1950s. He was born in Nottingham . Squires died on 21 May 2023, at the age of 91. The groups he choreographed for television included: As well as television work he was involved with theatrical productions and fund-raising events. In 2009 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his services to the Performing Arts and
361-492: Was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to choreography and stage direction of royal pageants. The Young Generation were a dancing and singing group created specifically for BBC television in the late 1960s and thus were the first act of their kind to regularly appear on British TV. The troupe were choreographed originally by Dougie Squires who chose
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