The Clothes Show
| The Clothes Show | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Factual |
| Created by | Jeff Banks |
| Starring |
Louise Redknapp Caryn Franklin Brendan Courtney |
| Theme music composer | (season 1) Pet Shop Boys (season 2 onwards) |
| Opening theme | "Find the Time (Shep Pettibone Remix)" (season 1), "In the Night" (season 2 onwards) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Roger Casstles |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC1 |
| Original release | 13 October 1986 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Clothes Show is a British television show about fashion that can currently be seen weeknights on Really. It was formerly broadcast on BBC One from 1986 to 2000.
The Clothes Show was first broadcast on 13 October 1986, with Breakfast Time's Selina Scott and designer Jeff Banks as its first hosts. The show combined reports from the catwalks with items on how to achieve a catwalk-type look on a reasonable budget. Selina and Jeff were later joined by Caryn Franklin (a former Fashion Editor and co-Editor of international style magazine i-D), who took over as Banks' main co-host after Scott left.
Such was the success of the show that in 1989 the annual Clothes Show Live event was launched at Birmingham's NEC, and later a magazine was produced to accompany the programme. The programme continued on the BBC until the late 1990s, with other presenters over the years including Margherita Taylor, Tim Vincent, Richard Jobson and Brenda Emmanus. Series producers included Collette Foster and Jane Lomas, who had been a presenter on the earliest shows. James Strong, Mike Prince, Mark Westcott and Ann Wilson were among the directors. The Clothes Show Live event continues to be held annually at the beginning of each December.
The show's original theme music in 1986 was the Shep Pettibone remix of Five Star's then-recent hit "Find the Time". From 1987 onwards the theme tune was an excerpt from the Arthur Baker remix of the Pet Shop Boys' song "In The Night", which can be found on the 1986 Disco album. The original version of the song was on the b-side of the 1985 single "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)".
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