The Roxy (TV series)

The Roxy was a British television music programme that was broadcast on ITV in thefrom 1987 to 1988. It was produced by Tyne Tees Television following the demise a few months earlier of its more successful music show The Tube.

The Roxy debut on 9 June 1987 and was presented by David Jensen and Kevin Sharkey, and featured Erasure performing "Victim Of Love". Whereas The Tube featured rock and punk bands and emerging musicians, The Roxy concentrated on the mainstream UK singles chart. Also unlike The Tube which had gained a loyal fanbase and respect from artists, mainstream acts were reluctant to travel to Newcastle upon Tyne for a three-minute performance when they could appear on the more established Top of the Pops in the more accessible London.^[1]

The show suffered, however, from not having a regular slot on the ITV network, many station moved the series opposite Easterners. After an industrial dispute which saw the temporary end of live performances, and failing to compete with its long running BBC counterpart, Top of the Pops,

The Roxy was cancelled. The programme lasted for just under a year and the final edition of The Roxy was broadcast on 5 April 1988, some ITV station broadcast the episode around midnight while Anglia, Central, HTV, Grampian Television, Scottish Television and UTV never screen the episode at all, including the Saturday morning repeat on the 10 April 1988.

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