BBC Elvis movies

[ForeverElvis]

Using the BBC program search;

https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/

It appears that -
Harum Scarum
Easy Come, Easy Go

Have not been shown on TV in the UK - ever. All the other Elvis films have been broadcast.

Is that correct?

The first film shown on BBC was May 28, 1966 - Love Me Tender.

[Lee Wood]

Using the BBC program search;

https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/

It appears that -
Harum Scarum
Easy Come, Easy Go

Have not been shown on TV in the UK - ever. All the other Elvis films have been broadcast.

Is that correct?

The first film shown on BBC was May 28, 1966 - Love Me Tender.

I can't say whether they've shown these or not, but I do wish they would show the uncut Charro again. which they did, once.

[ForeverElvis]

Using the BBC program search;

https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/

It appears that -
Harum Scarum
Easy Come, Easy Go

Have not been shown on TV in the UK - ever. All the other Elvis films have been broadcast.

Is that correct?

The first film shown on BBC was May 28, 1966 - Love Me Tender.

I can't say whether they've shown these or not, but I do wish they would show the uncut Charro again. which they did, once.

Charro was broadcast on BBC the first time Jan 20,1979 then another three times in 1985, 1991 and 1995.

https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=first&q=Charro

Uncut, you mean including the bathtub scene from behind of Ina Balin?

I had always assumed the few seconds of her getting out of the bathtub was from a European print as the film in N.America doesn’t include those frames.

Was there more that you saw than that? The original script contained more violence and bare breast’s in the saloon at the beginning. But all thus was cut in pre-production.

[jurasic1968]

Yes, the sequences were cut from the released version.

[Swedish]

A clip was shown in:

BBC's "MOVIE-GO-ROUND" (First broadcast: Sun 26th Dec 1965, 21:00 on Light Programme)

Scenes from
The Early Bird starring
NORMAN WISDOM EDWARD CHAPMAN
JERRY DESMONDE , PADDIE O'NEIL.
Adaptation by Lyn Fairhurst
Harem Holiday starring ELVIS PRESLEY
Adaptation by Marjorie Bilbow
DIRK BOGARDE a self portrait
The 'back-stage ' musical with RURY KEELER and BUSBY BERKELEY
MATTHEW NORGATE and ELSPETH GRANT look back at 1965
Inside Show Business by PETER EVANS
Introduced by PETER HAIGH
Script by Lyn Fairhurst
Produced by John Dyas Recording

[Steve]

Harem Holiday has been screened in the UK, on ITV. The first showing was on Tuesday 24 August 1971 by ATV. Then five more screenings from 1972 to 1977 by various ITV regions.

[Lee Wood]

Using the BBC program search;

https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/

It appears that -
Harum Scarum
Easy Come, Easy Go

Have not been shown on TV in the UK - ever. All the other Elvis films have been broadcast.

Is that correct?

The first film shown on BBC was May 28, 1966 - Love Me Tender.

I can't say whether they've shown these or not, but I do wish they would show the uncut Charro again. which they did, once.

Charro was broadcast on BBC the first time Jan 20,1979 then another three times in 1985, 1991 and 1995.

https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=first&q=Charro

Uncut, you mean including the bathtub scene from behind of Ina Balin?
Yes. that was the version, although it was a stand in.
I had always assumed the few seconds of her getting out of the bathtub was from a European print as the film in N.America doesn’t include those frames.
It was shown on BBC once with this scene. I've never found it for sale.
Was there more that you saw than that? The original script contained more violence and bare breast’s in the saloon at the beginning. But all thus was cut in pre-production.
No, there was no more than that.

[ForeverElvis]

Harem Holiday has been screened in the UK, on ITV. The first showing was on Tuesday 24 August 1971 by ATV. Then five more screenings from 1972 to 1977 by various ITV regions.

That leaves Easy Come Easy Go.

Is there an online search engine for the program schedule of ITV?

[Dan_T]

Harem Holiday has been screened in the UK, on ITV. The first showing was on Tuesday 24 August 1971 by ATV. Then five more screenings from 1972 to 1977 by various ITV regions.

Wasn't this when Change Of Habit was being shown at the same time on another channel ? I remember it well, my eldest Sister kept switching channels from one film to the other !

[Dan_T]

Using the BBC program search;

https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/

It appears that -
Harum Scarum
Easy Come, Easy Go

Have not been shown on TV in the UK - ever. All the other Elvis films have been broadcast.

Is that correct?

The first film shown on BBC was May 28, 1966 - Love Me Tender.

I can't say whether they've shown these or not, but I do wish they would show the uncut Charro again. which they did, once.

Charro was broadcast on BBC the first time Jan 20,1979 then another three times in 1985, 1991 and 1995.

https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=first&q=Charro

Uncut, you mean including the bathtub scene from behind of Ina Balin?

I had always assumed the few seconds of her getting out of the bathtub was from a European print as the film in N.America doesn’t include those frames.

Was there more that you saw than that? The original script contained more violence and bare breast’s in the saloon at the beginning. But all thus was cut in pre-production.

I recorded Charro on VHS back in 1985 (UK) and it contained the bathtub scene.

[pmp]

Harem Holiday has been screened in the UK, on ITV. The first showing was on Tuesday 24 August 1971 by ATV. Then five more screenings from 1972 to 1977 by various ITV regions.

That leaves Easy Come Easy Go.

Is there an online search engine for the program schedule of ITV?

ITV is more complicated because of regional variations being so different up until about twenty years ago. However, the TVRDb lists 4.5m programmes from the 20th century, and there's no listing for Elvis's Easy Come Easy Go on there. BUT that database isn't complete. That said, the Paramount movies were normally shown on the BBC.

That said, it has been shown on TV on Sky in more recent years, and I first saw it on there about 25-30 years ago. I don't know the exact date, but I was still living at home (so pre-1996). We didn't have Sky back then, so my sister taped it for me (along with Frankie & Johnny).

[ForeverElvis]

Using the BBC program search;

https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/

It appears that -
Harum Scarum
Easy Come, Easy Go

Have not been shown on TV in the UK - ever. All the other Elvis films have been broadcast.

Is that correct?

The first film shown on BBC was May 28, 1966 - Love Me Tender.

I can't say whether they've shown these or not, but I do wish they would show the uncut Charro again. which they did, once.

Charro was broadcast on BBC the first time Jan 20,1979 then another three times in 1985, 1991 and 1995.

https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=first&q=Charro

Uncut, you mean including the bathtub scene from behind of Ina Balin?

I had always assumed the few seconds of her getting out of the bathtub was from a European print as the film in N.America doesn’t include those frames.

Was there more that you saw than that? The original script contained more violence and bare breast’s in the saloon at the beginning. But all thus was cut in pre-production.

I recorded Charro on VHS back in 1985 (UK) and it contained the bathtub scene.

Do you still have the videotape?


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[ForeverElvis]

Harem Holiday has been screened in the UK, on ITV. The first showing was on Tuesday 24 August 1971 by ATV. Then five more screenings from 1972 to 1977 by various ITV regions.

Wasn't this when Change Of Habit was being shown at the same time on another channel ? I remember it well, my eldest Sister kept switching channels from one film to the other !

According to the bbc database the two films were not broadcast at the same time. Would one have been on ITV?

Change of Habit debuted on bbc in 1971 and was broadcast in 1975 and 1978. Charro didn’t debut until 1979.

[elvinda58]

Charro is on Legend TV ,Freeview channel 41,in the UK today 1-3pm.

[Alan_K]

Using the BBC program search;

https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/

It appears that -
Harum Scarum
Easy Come, Easy Go

Have not been shown on TV in the UK - ever. All the other Elvis films have been broadcast.

Is that correct?

The first film shown on BBC was May 28, 1966 - Love Me Tender.

I did the list up to the end of the 70's for BBC anbd ITV where I could find them. ITV was regional, so some regions showed things that other regions didn't.
I'd marked the films where they were a premiere https://15562days.com/viewtopic.php?f=359&t=8889
The above was originally to show all Elvis' UK TV appearances in his lifetime but I just included to the end of the decade at the time.

Listed are the premieres from that web listing
28 May 1966 19:25 BBC1 Love Me Tender Premiere western starring Elvis Presley
28 December 1968 ITV (ATV) Fun In Acapulco Film premiere starring Elvis Presley
1 February 1969 ITV (ATV) Jailhouse Rock Film premiere starring Elvis Presley
18 July 1969 ITV (Grampian) Follow That Dream Film premiere starring Elvis Presley
26 December 1969 ITV (Granada) Roustabout Film premiere starring Elvis Presley
14 July 1970 ITV (Yorkshire) Kid Galahad Film premiere starring Elvis Presley
4 August 1970 ITV (Yorkshire) Viva Las Vegas Film premiere starring Elvis Presley
11 August 1970 ITV (Yorkshire) Girl Happy Film premiere starring Elvis Presley
12 January 1971 21:20 BBC2 Flaming Star Premiere starring Elvis Presley
24 August 1971 19:30 BBC1 Change of Habit Premiere starring Elvis Presley
7 September 1971 19:30 BBC1 Tickle Me Premiere starring Elvis Presley
16 October 1971 18:30 BBC1 Loving You Premiere starring Elvis Presley
27 November 1972 ITV (Southern) Harem Holiday (aka Harem Scarum) Film premiere starring Elvis Presley
3 February 1973 23:15 BBC2 Wild In The Country Premiere starring Elvis Presley
21 June 1973 18:55 BBC1 Girls! Girls! Girls! Premiere starring Elvis Presley
22 August 1973 ITV Speedway Film premiere starring Elvis Presley
16 September 1973 ITV (ATV) California Holiday Film premiere starring Elvis Presley
15 July 1974 18:40 BBC1 Paradise Hawaiian Style Premiere starring Elvis Presley
2 January 1975 ITV (Anglia) Double Trouble Premiere starring Elvis Presley
5 January 1975 22:15 BBC2 King Creole Presley at 40: Film premiere starring Elvis Presley
12 January 1975 21:50 BBC2 G. I. Blues Presley at 40: Film premiere starring Elvis Presley
31 May 1975 18:30 BBC1 Kissin' Cousins Premiere starring Elvis Presley
30 August 1975 18:55 BBC1 Blue Hawaii Premiere starring Elvis Presley
10 January 1976 18:45 BBC1 It Happened At The Worlds Fair Premiere starring Elvis Presley
21 July 1976 19:25 BBC1 Elvis: That's The Way It Is Premiere starring Elvis Presley
7 August 1976 18:35 BBC1 "Stay Away, Joe" Premiere starring Elvis Presley
26 March 1977 18:55 BBC1 Roustabout BBC Premiere starring Elvis Presley
28 May 1977 18:20 BBC1 The Trouble With Girls Premiere starring Elvis Presley
5 March 1978 19:15 BBC1 Aloha From Hawaii Premiere starring Elvis Presley in concert
9 June 1978 20:10 BBC1 Elvis In Concert Premiere starring Elvis Presley in concert
16 August 1978 18:40 BBC1 Elvis On Tour Premiere starring Elvis Presley
25 December 1978 11:35 BBC1 Clambake Premiere starring Elvis Presley
20 January 1979 18:50 BBC1 Charro! Premiere starring Elvis Presley

[elvinda58]

I do recall TTWII being shown for the first time on the BBC in mid to late July 1976.

[ForeverElvis]

I do recall TTWII being shown for the first time on the BBC in mid to late July 1976.

Good memory

[Walter Hale 4]

so that leaves Easy Come Easy Go. Has it ever been screened on UK television (surely it was) Post-1980 and like what date or TV channel if known?

[Steve]

Harem Holiday has been screened in the UK, on ITV. The first showing was on Tuesday 24 August 1971 by ATV. Then five more screenings from 1972 to 1977 by various ITV regions.

That leaves Easy Come Easy Go.

Is there an online search engine for the program schedule of ITV?

Don't think there is an online search engine for ITV. I did my own research which was published in an article titled 'Elvis On British Television' in 'Elvis Monthly' 356, September 1989. All Elvis films and documentaries from 1966 to 1989. The magazine's printing format is all over the place, quite untidy. As I write, 'Charro' is showing on Legend channel, Freeview 41, 29 April, 1pm - 3pm.

[ricky66]

Easy come, easy go has been shown at least once in the UK on channel 5. This was about 12 years ago. I tried to watch it again about 5 years ago (it's not very good) but this could have been Amazon prime? It was definitely on channel 5 about 12 years ago.

[Alan_K]

30 August 1975 18:55 BBC1 Blue Hawaii Premiere starring Elvis Presley

This info was taken from the BBC genome site in 2018 when I used it for BBC info to compile the list I made.
ITV regions were taken from going through various TV Times where available.

Whilst it was broadcast subsequently on 27th Dec 1977, the current genome site now says this airing of Blue Hawaii was a premiere :-

[Alan_K]

And another

5 March 1978 19:15 BBC1 Aloha From Hawaii Premiere starring Elvis Presley in concert

But genome site now says :-

[Alan_K]

Too many errors on the genome site.
I'll post one more image as its the worst one in my opinion.
From the BBC who bought us the first Elvis movie on UK TV in May 1966, Love Me Tender, they now tell us that it was Aug 1971:-

Edit: Ha! I said it was the worst - I've changed my mind.
Four differing dates for Elvis On Tour - two of them listed next to each other.

[ForeverElvis]

Too many errors on the genome site.
I'll post one more image as its the worst one in my opinion.
From the BBC who bought us the first Elvis movie on UK TV in May 1966, Love Me Tender, they now tell us that it was Aug 1971:-

Edit: Ha! I said it was the worst - I've changed my mind.
Four differing dates for Elvis On Tour - two of them listed next to each other.

Where it says in bold “first broadcast” it’s misleading, that doesn’t mean the first broadcast ever.

Every entry says in bold “first broadcast” .

When it’s a premier it tends to be written at the bottom of the synopsis.




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[Alan_K]

Too many errors on the genome site.
I'll post one more image as its the worst one in my opinion.
From the BBC who bought us the first Elvis movie on UK TV in May 1966, Love Me Tender, they now tell us that it was Aug 1971:-

Edit: Ha! I said it was the worst - I've changed my mind.
Four differing dates for Elvis On Tour - two of them listed next to each other.

Where it says in bold “first broadcast” it’s misleading, that doesn’t mean the first broadcast ever.

Every entry says in bold “first broadcast” .

When it’s a premier it tends to be written at the bottom of the synopsis.




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Well forget what it doesn't mean, that's a looooong list.
What does it mean?