8.4 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin United Kingdom Number of episodes 20 | 8.4/10 IMDb No. of episodes 20 First episode date 1 April 1975 Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Directed by Dave WarwickMike Mansfield Starring Bay City Rollers: Eric Faulkner Derek Longmuir Leslie McKeown Stuart 'Woody' WoodBig Jim SullivanHim and Us Dancers Running time 25 minutes(including a commercial break) Genres Variety show, Children's television series, Music television Similar The Krofft Superstar Hour, Get It Together, Lift Off with Ayshea, Saturday Night Live with How | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shang-a-Lang was a children's pop music TV series starring the Scottish band, the Bay City Rollers. It was produced in Manchester by Granada Television for the ITV network and ran for one 20-week series in 1975.
It featured the band in comedy sketches and performing their songs to a live studio audience made up of their teenage fans. This resulted in chaotic scenes at times as some members of the audience attempted to run onto the studio floor to meet their heroes, resulting in security officers having to forcibly restrain or even eject them from the studio.
The show's theme song "Shang-a-Lang", was a hit single for the group, peaking at number 2 in 1974 in the UK.
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