The Roxy - Episode 10 (August 11, 1987)

From the producers of Channel 4's "The Tube" comes what is supposed to be ITV's answer to "Top of the Pops". It's the hottest nightclub on the telly, The Roxy! Presented by David "Kid" Jensen and Kevin Sharkey, this series used a weekly chart distributed by Satellite Media Services, produced by Capital Radio and compiled by the Media Research Information Bureau (MRIB). You could hear "Kid" count them down every Sunday afternoon from 5pm, in competition with BBC Radio 1's own chart show.
Welcome to episode 10.
This week:
* Stinger for the Tyne Tees frontcap (not sure why the regular frontcap couldn't be used), followed by the Roxy lighting up.
* At #43, Then Jericho with "The Motive". At #43, why should I care about this act? Is Tyne Tees picking up acts off the street?
* At #18, Sinitta and "Toy Boy".
* We have a music video for Prince and Sheena Easton's "U Got the Look", debuting at #33.
* At #30, Pseudo Echo and "Funkytown". Now, this is something I can get behind.
* Tyne Tees replays a performance of Def Leppard's "Animal", at #8 this week.
* Live at #4, New Order and "True Faith".
* Boogie Box High drops to #12. Boogie Box High is an English pop supergroup formed musical project headed by Andros Georgiou in the late 1980s that featured a range of collaborators, including Georgiou's second cousin George Michael, guitarist Nick Heyward (of Haircut One Hundred), keyboardist Mick Talbot (of The Style Council), guitarist-songwriter David Austin, bassist Deon Estus, and others. So yes, it was George Michael and "friends". The whole "mystery act" thing doesn't work very well, except for possibly Donny Osmond.
* Stock Aitken and Waterman become an act themselves, charting at #10.
* #1 second week running: "La Bamba", with a music video this time.
* The Roxy stage becomes a cinema screen once more.
* This is from a Saturday broadcast, but this time, Tyne Tees doesn't have "The Kid" talking over himself. God is good!
I find that if you take it seriously, you may end up frustrated. This show should be approached as a musical portrait of 1987-88, imperfect as it is. Still won't stop me from pointing out faults, though.
This episode has not been previously uploaded. Matt Churchett gave me the link to his Google Drive folder, and you can download these for offline viewing: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
The chart data was provided by the now defunct Media Research Information Bureau. All rights reserved by original copyright holders, in this case, ITV plc. No copyright infringement intended.

[@suehedges]

Hi. Greg. Thank you for uploading these videos. I love watching videos like this from back in the day. I’ve heard on wikipedia that Alan Barton from Smokie and Black lace guest presented on some of these shows. Is this true? If so, do you have any episodes where He does any guest presenting? I’m also aware that the wikipedia page could be wrong.

[@LogoMan7777]

I have posted everything I have.