26 September 1968

Thursday

TV
TOP TWENTY. Introduced tonight by Pete Murray.
 * BBC One
 * 4.55 pm Blue Peter with Valerie Singleton, John Noakes, Peter Purves. (It is during today's edition that the team break the sad news of the death of Joey the Parrot, the first Blue Peter pet to die.)
 * 5.20 pm Tales from Europe. The Windmill. An adventure in three parts from Bulgaria. Pt.1.
 * 7.30 pm Top of the Pops. A new look at Britain's best-sellers. Discs-Stars-News from this week's

Top of the Pops
Presenter. Pete Murray.
 * 1) (1) The Beatles – Hey Jude  (And Charts)
 * 2) (New) The Hollies – Listen To Me
 * 3) (New) Cliff Richard – Marianne
 * 4) (8) Leapy Lee – Little Arrows
 * 5) (2) Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days
 * 6) (3) The Casuals – Jesamine  rpt.
 * 7) (19) Vanity Fare – I Live For The Sun  rpt.
 * 8) (1) The Beatles – Hey Jude  (Video)