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Summary

A satirical show which incorporated sketches, standup routines, topical comment, interviews and discussions.

Regular contributors included John Bird, John Fortune, Robert Robinson, Patrick Campbell and Malcolm Muggeridge.

The programme included the first use of the F"" word on British television, by theatre critic Kenneth Tynan, during an item on censorship.

Cast List

  John Bird    
  John Fortune    
  Robert Robinson    
  Patrick Campbell    
  Malcolm Muggeridge    
  Alan Bennett    
  Bill Oddie    
  Roy Dotrice    
  Dennis Norden    
  David Batley    
  Lynda Baron    
  Leonard Rossiter    

Production Details

Written by:
Caryl Brahms, Christopher Brooker, John Mortimer, David Frost, Herbert Kretzmer, David Nathan, Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall, Others

Directed by:
Ned Sherrin, Darrol Blake

Produced by:
Ned Sherrin

1 series, 24 episodes

Transmitted: 1966

TV Channel: BBC1

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