19K views · 834 reactions | 'Juke Box Jury' premiered on 1st June 1959. 64 years ago today. The series ran from then until 1967. It was revived for one series in 1979 and a further two series in 1989/1990. The theme music was 'Hit and Miss' by John Barry. | TVARK | Facebook

#OTD 1959: Juke Box Jury was broadcast for the first time hosted by David Jacobs. This clip is from a 1960 episode. It would run in this format until December 1967 and was revived in 1979 and again in 1989/90. | BBC Archive

#OTD 1959: Juke Box Jury first aired. Err...we don't seem to have that episode, here's a clip from 1960 instead. Connie Francis fans might want to give this a wide berth. | BBC Archive

39K views · 192 reactions | #OnThisDay 1960: "I think it'll be a hit, mainly because I think it's terrible" Blue Angel, Roy Orbison's follow-up to Only the Lonely, got rather short shrift on Juke Box Jury. | BBC Archive | Facebook

373K views · 3.9K reactions | Continuing our Top Ten of 2024, at number 2... Johnny Rotten on Juke Box Jury in 1979, hosted by Noel Edmunds. It went, well, sort of how you might imagine. | BBC Archive | Facebook

Happy Birthday Johnny Rotten! Born #OnThisDay in 1956, Johnny made a memorable appearance on Juke Box Jury in 1979. Needless to say, Alan Freeman wasn’t impressed with his fellow panellist. What Sex Pistols tracks will you be spinning to celebrate his birthday? Tap the BBC Sounds link from BBC Radio 4 to discover the impact of punk on Yorkshire, where the Sex Pistols played their first and last gigs outside of London 👇 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b07byvp2 🎥 BBC Archive | BBC Radio 6 Musi