Three of a Kind (1967 TV series)

Three of a Kind is a British comedy sketch and music television show starring Mike Yarwood, Ray Fell and Lulu.^[1]^[2] Two series were shown by the BBC during 1967.^[1]^[2]

Although successful, Yarwood turned down a third series as he hoped to follow Lulu in getting a series of his own. He went on to become one of the biggest stars of the 1970s.^[1]

Lulu said in her autobiography that she enjoyed working on the show, but wasn't comfortable with comedy.^[3]

Episodes

Three Of A Kind

Produced by John Ammonds.

Series 1: Broadcast Mondays on BBC2 at 8:05pm.

Total #	Series #	Title	Director	Writer(s)	Original airdate
1	1	"Episode 1"	John Ammonds	Austin Steele, Brad Ashton & Julius Emmanuel	12 June 1967 (1967-06-12)
The first of a new series starring Lulu, Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood with the Go-Jos.
2	2	"Episode 2"	David Bell	Austin Steele, Brad Ashton, Peter Robinson & Neil Shand	19 June 1967 (1967-06-19)
Starring Lulu, Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood with the Go-Jos.
3	3	"Episode 3"	John Ammonds	Austin Steele, Brad Ashton, Peter Robinson & Neil Shand	26 June 1967 (1967-06-26)
Starring Lulu, Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood with the Go-Jos and Guest Star Stratford Johns.
4	4	"Episode 4"	John Ammonds	Austin Steele, Brad Ashton & Neil Shand	3 July 1967 (1967-07-03)
Starring Lulu, Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood with the Go-Jos.
5	5	"Episode 5"	John Ammonds	Austin Steele, Brad Ashton & Neil Shand	10 July 1967 (1967-07-10)
Starring Lulu, Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood with the Go-Jos.
6	6	"Episode 6"	John Ammonds	Austin Steele, Brad Ashton & Neil Shand	17 July 1967 (1967-07-17)
Starring Lulu, Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood with the Go-Jos.

Series 2: Broadcast Mondays on BBC2 at 8:05pm

Total #	Series #	Title	Director	Writer(s)	Original airdate
7	1	"Episode 1"	Sydney Lotterby	Austin Steele, Brad Ashton, Barry Knowles, Les Lilley & Neil Shand	30 October 1967 (1967-10-30)
The first of a new series starring Lulu, Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood with Malcolm Clare, Audrey Bayley, Alix Kirsta, Frances Pidgeon & Christine Pockett.
8	2	"Episode 2"	Sydney Lotterby	Austin Steele, Brad Ashton, Dan Douglass, Barry Knowles, Les Lilley & Neil Shand	8 November 1967 (1967-11-08)
Starring Lulu, Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood with Malcolm Clare, Audrey Bayley, Alix Kirsta, Frances Pidgeon & Christine Pockett.
9	3	"Episode 3"	Sydney Lotterby	Barry Knowles, Brad Ashton, Peter Robinson & Les Lilley	13 November 1967 (1967-11-13)
Starring Lulu, Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood with Malcolm Clare, Audrey Bayley, Alix Kirsta, Frances Pidgeon & Christine Pockett.
10	4	"Episode 4"	Sydney Lotterby	Dan Douglas, Brad Ashton, Barry Knowles & Les Lilley	20 November 1967 (1967-11-20)
Starring Lulu, Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood with Malcolm Clare, Audrey Bayley, Alix Kirsta, Frances Pidgeon & Christine Pockett.
11	5	"Episode 5"	Sydney Lotterby	Brad Ashton, Don Douglas, Joe Steeples & Peter Robinson	27 November 1967 (1967-11-27)
Starring Lulu, Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood with Malcolm Clare, Audrey Bayley, Alix Kirsta, Frances Pidgeon & Christine Pockett.

Archive Status

All 11 episodes are currently missing from the archives. No material is known to exist.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Yarwood, Mike (1941-)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2019. Yarwood was British television's first truly successful impressionist [and] one of the biggest stars of the 1970s. [..] His first series, Three of a Kind (BBC, 1967), teamed him with comedian Ray Fell and singer Lulu in a mixture of song and sketch. Despite two successful series, Yarwood turned down a third, as Lulu had by now progressed to her own series and he hoped for the same.
^ ^a ^b "Front cover". Radio Times. 10 June 1967. p. 1. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019. Mike Yarwood, Lulu and Ray Fell are the stars of Monday's new BBC-2 series 3 of a Kind
^ Lulu (17 February 2011). Lulu: I Don't Want To Fight. Hachette UK. ISBN 9780748128051. Retrieved 7 June 2019. My first TV series was Three of a Kind, starring Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood [..] The format was mainly comedy sketches and I often played the straight woman [..] Although I enjoyed working on the show, I wasn't entirely comfortable doing comedy [..] [The BBC] encouraged me to do more comedy, but I much preferred to sing.
^ https://www.tvbrain.info/tv-archive?showname=three+of+a+kind&type=lostshow

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[bfi-1] "Yarwood, Mike (1941-)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2019. Yarwood was British television's first truly successful impressionist [and] one of the biggest stars of the 1970s. [..] His first series, Three of a Kind (BBC, 1967), teamed him with comedian Ray Fell and singer Lulu in a mixture of song and sketch. Despite two successful series, Yarwood turned down a third, as Lulu had by now progressed to her own series and he hoped for the same.

[radio_times-2] "Front cover". Radio Times. 10 June 1967. p. 1. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019. Mike Yarwood, Lulu and Ray Fell are the stars of Monday's new BBC-2 series 3 of a Kind

[lulu_fight-3] Lulu (17 February 2011). Lulu: I Don't Want To Fight. Hachette UK. ISBN 9780748128051. Retrieved 7 June 2019. My first TV series was Three of a Kind, starring Ray Fell and Mike Yarwood [..] The format was mainly comedy sketches and I often played the straight woman [..] Although I enjoyed working on the show, I wasn't entirely comfortable doing comedy [..] [The BBC] encouraged me to do more comedy, but I much preferred to sing.

[4] ttps://www.tvbrain.info/tv-archive?showname=three+of+a+kind&type=lostshow

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