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| Aired on Saturday, Mar 17 1962 | |||
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| UK | |||
| BBC | |||
| 1725 | Garry Halliday | The Gun Runners Part 4: Unhappy Landing | |
| Aired on Saturday, Mar 17 1962 | |||
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| USA | |||
| CBS | |||
| 1930 | Gunsmoke | Coventry | |
| 1930 | Perry Mason | Case of the Absent Artist | |
| 2030 | Defenders | The Tarnished Cross | |
| 2130 | Have Gun - Will Travel | Alice | |
| NBC | |||
| 1930 | Tales of Wells Fargo | Chauncey | |
| Aired on Saturday, Mar 17 1962 | |||
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| Room for One More | Speaker of the House | ||
| Six Proud Walkers | The Rivals | ||
| Tall Man | Quarantine | ||
| Aired on Saturday, Mar 17 1962 | |||
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| UK | |||
| Thank Your Lucky Stars | Episode #2.28 | ||
| Cheaters | Affairs of the Heart | ||
| Our House | Uncle Silas | ||
| Juke Box Jury | Episode #1.138 | ||
| BBC | |||
| 5:25 pm | Garry Halliday | The Gun Runners Part 4: Unhappy Landing | |
| 5:25 pm | Garry Halliday | ||
| ITV | |||
| Arthur Haynes Show | Episode #9.8 | ||
| Aired on Saturday, Mar 17 1962 | |||
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| USA | |||
| Leave it to Beaver | Wally Stays at Lumpy's | ||
| CBS | |||
| 7:30 pm | Perry Mason | Case of the Absent Artist | |
| 7:30 pm | Gunsmoke | Coventry | |
| 7:30 pm | Gunsmoke | ||
| 7:30 pm | Perry Mason | ||
| 8:30 pm | Defenders | The Tarnished Cross | |
| 8:30 pm | Defenders | ||
| 9:30 pm | Have Gun - Will Travel | Alice | |
| 9:30 pm | Have Gun - Will Travel | ||
| NBC | |||
| 7:30 pm | Tales of Wells Fargo | Chauncey | |
| 7:30 pm | Tales of Wells Fargo | ||
| UK Chart Thursday, Mar 15 1962 | ||
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| Rock-A-Hula Baby (''Twist'' Special) | Elvis Presley | 1 |
| Can't Help Falling In Love | Elvis Presley | 1 |
| Wonderful Land | The Shadows | 2 |
| Tell Me What He Said | Helen Shapiro | 3 |
| The Young Ones | Cliff Richard | 4 |
| Wimoweh | Karl Denver | 5 |
| March Of The Siamese Children | Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen | 6 |
| Stranger On The Shore | Mr. Acker Bilk | 8 |
| Walk On By | Leroy Van Dyke | 9 |
| Forget Me Not | Eden Kane | 10 |
| Softly As I Leave You | Matt Monro | 11 |
| Crying In The Rain | The Everly Brothers | 12 |
| A Little Bitty Tear | Burl Ives | 13 |
| The Hole In The Ground | Bernard Cribbins | 14 |
| Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen | Neil Sedaka | 15 |
| Dream Baby | Roy Orbison | 16 |
| The Wanderer | Dion | 17 |
| A Little Bitty Tear | Miki & Griff | 18 |
| Jeannie | Danny Williams | 19 |
| Theme From Z-Cars (Johnny Todd) | Johnny Keating | 20 |
| I Ain't Got Nobody | Buddy Greco | 20 |
| US Chart Saturday, Mar 17 1962 | ||
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| Hey! Baby | Bruce Channel | 1 |
| Midnight In Moscow | Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen | 2 |
| Don't Break The Heart That Loves You | Connie Francis | 3 |
| Let Me In | The Sensations | 4 |
| Duke Of Earl | Gene Chandler | 5 |
| Her Royal Majesty | James Darren | 6 |
| What's Your Name | Don and Juan | 7 |
| Crying In The Rain | The Everly Brothers | 8 |
| Break It To Me Gently | Brenda Lee | 9 |
| Percolator (Twist) | Billy Joe and the Checkmates | 10 |
| The Wanderer | Dion | 11 |
| Smoky Places | Corsairs | 12 |
| Twistin' The Night Away | Sam Cooke | 13 |
| Slow Twistin' | Chubby Checker | 14 |
| Dear Lady Twist | Gary (U.S.) Bonds | 15 |
| She's Got You | Patsy Cline | 16 |
| Tuff | Ace Cannon | 17 |
| Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) | Roy Orbison | 18 |
| Chip Chip | Gene McDaniels | 19 |
| Hey, Let's Twist | Joey Dee and the Starliters | 20 |