Cool For Cats (TV series)

Cool For Cats was one of the first shows on British TV to feature music for a teenage audience. It was produced by Associated Rediffusion, part of the ITV network, and ran from December 1956 to February 1961.

The show was presented by Kent Walton. It lasted 15 minutes. Discs were played and then commented upon. Sometimes The Dougie Squires Dancers, which included the unknown Una Stubbs, performed dance routines to the music. The programme was originally broadcast on Mondays at 7:15pm and later moved to Thursdays. Due to its success it was a twice weekly show (the second a repeat) later expanding to half an hour. The shows' initiator was the drama innovator, director Joan-Kemp Welch and the first and the show's longest running choreographer, Dougie Squires.

Kent Walton took the title from a show of the same name he hosted on Radio Luxembourg.

External links

• The TV Rock n' Roll Years at Whirlygig TV
• Music in Bradford 1956 at the Bradford time line
• Something about Una Independent on Sunday, February 22, 2004

Neville Wortman Cool for Cats resident cartoonist drawing in vision a parody to the lyrics of popular discs in the Top Twenty, also occasionally appearing and performing with the dancers.