Category Archives: Pan’s People

Pan’s People on “Night Club” 1972

Fixed version of a couple of Pan’s People rarities, first posted in 2016. Here’s an early Christmas present, courtesy of forum regular Gaz: two extremely rare clips of Pan’s People performances from BBC2 Light Entertainment show “Night Club”. Both routines show evidence of the complex choreographic Flick Colby was capable of with enough preparation and […]

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Pan’s People – More More More

Top of the Pops 29 April 1976, Pan’s People dancing to The Andrea True Connection’s More More More. Thanks to Andeebee for the YouTube post.

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Pan’s People – You Sexy Sugar Plum

Top of the Pops, 22 April 1976: Pan’s People dance to Rodger Collins’ You Sexy Sugar Plum. Update 5 May 2023: A better quality version found on YouTube. From the old blog, Tuesday, 2 November 2010: Mary’s presence places this in the late period of Pan’s People’s reign on TOTP. Even though those outfits look […]

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Pan’s People – Then Came You

Top of the Pops, 7 November 74: Pan’s People dance to Then Came You by Dionne Warwick & The Detroit Spinners Here’s another rare Pan’s People performance courtesy of a generous donor. American soul hits were the bread & butter of Pan’s People’s repertoire, and this is an excellent example. Many thanks to my anonymous […]

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Pan’s People – Crackerjack Christmas Panto 1974

Pan’s People made a guest appearance in this version of Aladdin, from the 1974 Christmas special edition of long-running BBC children’s variety TV show Crackerjack!. Thanks to Andeebee for the YouTube post. From the old blog, Saturday, 11 October 2014: Discovered by forum regular Andeebee, and posted by him on youtube last year, here’s an […]

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Pan’s People – Barbados

Top of the Pops Day-before-Christmas-Eve Special, 23 December 1975: Pan’s People dance to Barbados by Typically Tropical. Pan’s People in a typical wintery landscape, complete with snowman and TV studio fake snow, shivering in their big fur coats as they try to keep warm. But how will they represent the tropical beaches, sunshine and heat […]

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Pan’s People – Jumpin’ Jack Flash

The Price of Fame or Fame At Any Price, BBC TV 20 November 1969: Pan’s People dance while Thelma Houston sings Jumpin’ Jack Flash Thanks to Andeebee for the YouTube post From the Old blog, Tuesday, 12 April 2011: Another clip from The Price of Fame. Here’s Thelma Houston singing, and Pan’s People dancing to, […]

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Pan’s People – This Ole Heart of Mine

TOTP November 13 1975: Pan’s People dance to Rod Stewart’s This Ole Heart of Mine. From the old blog, Tuesday, 25 December 2012: Happy Christmas everybody. Here’s another new-to-this-site clip from that “BBC Demonstration tape”: Pan’s People on Top of the Pops dancing to Rod Stewart’s hit version of the Isley Brother’s This Ole Heart […]

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Pan’s People – Island Girl

TOTP 16 October 1975: Rehearsal footage of Pan’s People dancing to Elton John’s Island Girl. Dubbed Sound version: Original rehearsal footage: From the old blog, Friday, 12 August 2011: Katy miss queenie requested this routine a while ago: I didn’t have it, but beautifulbabs pointed me to this YouTube video, which I think was uploaded […]

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Pan’s People – Close to You

Top of the Pops 15 October 1970: Pan’s People dance to The Carpenters’ Close to You. From the old blog, Tuesday, 24 May 2011: Don’t panic: there’s no sound for the first few seconds of this clip, so we don’t get to hear Tony Blackburn’s introduction. No doubt he was his usual brain-dead showbiz zombie […]

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