Lift Off with Ayshea was a British TV show, produced by Granada Television for the ITV network, and starring Ayshea Brough, which ran for 144 editions spanning eight series, between November 1969 and December 1974.[1]
Preceded by the show Discotheque which had been hosted by Dianne Greaves,[2][3] the replacement was originally entitled Lift Off and was aired in the children's programming schedule, but was seen by many as ITV's junior answer to the BBC's Top Of The Pops. Ayshea (formally Ayshea Brough) had appeared on the earlier Discotheque in March 1969[4] and was one of the first women of Asian heritage to present a British television series, initially co-hosting the show with Graham Bonney and later singer Wally Whyton. The series was produced by Muriel Young, who also produced Clapperboard, Shang-A-Lang and Get It Together for ITV Granada.
