30/12/62 & 4/1/63 - Madhouse on Castle Street - BBC-TV, London
Ballad of the Gliding Swan/Hang Me/Cuckoo Bird/Blowin' in the Wind(i).
Bob flew to London to make his acting debut. Lost forever by the BBC, the play was recorded over two dates, 30/12/62 and 4/1/63, and was broadcast on 13/1/63. The play was written by Evan Jones and produced by Phillip Saville. See John Bauldie's excellent article in The Telegraph 45 for more on this early TV appearance. The photo on the left is taken from a publicity shot for the programme.

?/3/63 - 'Folk Songs and More Folk Songs' TV Special - WBC-TV, New York - **** 3 songs
Blowin' in the wind/Man of Constant Sorrow/Ballad of Hollis Brown
Three Dylan performances are featured in an almost one hour programme which includes Carolyn Hester, The Staples Singers, The Brothers Four and others. The Wicked Messenger (Isis 82/83) ran a couple of interesting entries on this appearance at Westinghouse Studios. The full show is now circulating.

12/5/63 - Ed Sullivan Show (Rehearsal)
Dylan never appeared on this show, walking out after the censors tried to make him play a different song to the Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues played at rehearsal. Any chance that rehearsal was filmed and that it might turn up one day? Don't hold your breath, but the still on the left, taken during the rehearsal, clearly shows a TV camera monitoring proceedings.

6/7/63 - Civil Rights Rally, Silas McGee's Farm, Greenwood - ***** - 1 song (3m)
Dylan whines his way through Only a pawn in their game at the Mississippi Civil Rights Rally. Caught on film by art-house film maker and science-fiction illustrator Ed Emshwiller, the clip was later sent to D A Pennebaker who used it in Don't Look Back.

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30/7/63 - Songs of Freedom - WNEW-TV, New York - **1 song (1m)
Blowin' in the Wind/Only a Pawn in their Game
I don't believe any of this show, which was broadcast on 26 August 1963 is actually available on video.

28/8/63 - March on Washington - ****3songs (10m)
When the ship comes in/Only a pawn in their game/Keep your eyes on the prize
400,000 turned out for this protest rally where Martin Luther King made his famous "I had a dream" speech. Len Chandler is lead vocal on Keep your eyes on the prize with Bob Dylan and Joan Baez supplying backup vocals. New footage of this has turned up recently with Bob and Joan also dueting on When the ship comes in. It's mostly crowd shots, but a nice few seconds of Bob at the start.

Late 1963 - Johnny Carson "Tonight" show - NBC
Little seems to be known about this except that apparently he was on it, was interviewed, sang one song, left during the commercials and that no tape is thought to exist.

1/2/64 - Quest - CBC-TV, Toronto****6 songs (30m)
The Times They are a-Changin'/World War 3 Blues/Hattie Carroll/Girl from the North Country/A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall/Restless Farewell
It looks like Dylan is miming, but apparently he's not. It's just the quality of the film or something. This is the earliest full performance film in circulation, so worth checking out.

25/2/64 - Steve Allen Show - NBC-TV, Los Angeles - ***1 song (14m)
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
The 50's style 'interview' and the song from Dylan's appearance on this popular US TV show.

12/5/64 - "Tonight" - BBC-TV, London - ****1 song (i) (3m)
Cliff Michelmore introduces Bob singing three verses of With God on our Side.

14/5/64 - "Hallelujah" - ATV, Manchester
The Time's they are a-Changin'/Blowin' in the Wind/Chimes of Freedom
Not much else is known about this, other than the fact it was recorded at studios in Didsbury, Manchester and possibly broadcast on 2 or 7/6/64 (but maybe not) and no archive is thought to exist.