Premiering at 9.15 pm on 14 November 1970, and recorded at a specially built ice rink at the Pontin’s Holiday Village at Camber Sands, East Sussex, this short-lived Saturday night BBC-2 variety series promised a “singing, skating spectacle” featuring the world’s leading skaters and top variety artists.
Guests included Paul Anka, The Hollies, Sandie Shaw, Frank Ifield, The Marmalade, German singer Dagmar Koller, Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson, Roger Whittaker, Mungo Jerry, Tanja Berg, South African pianist Yonty Solomon, The Selmas, Vincent Zara, Sylvia McNeill, Diana von Langendorff, Martin Mann and David Rosaire and his performing dogs. Backing vocals were provided by the Mike Sammes Singers.
Skating stars included Canadian Donald Jackson, English ice dancers Diane Towler and Bernard Ford, Swiss champions Jeff and Francisca, and British figure skating champions Paula Martin and Mark Mason.
Dancing on the ice rink was choreographed by Australian figure skater Reg Park, who appeared with Jacqueline Harbord and the Corps De Ballet ice dancers.
The BBC series was co-produced with the German public TV station SFB (Sender Freies Berlin).
