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Summary
A short-lived but extremely influential weekly sketch show which marked the start of the "satire boom" in the UK during the early 1960s.
The programme was ground-breaking in many ways, particularly as far as its "tone" was concerned. It began a move away from the rather reverential and often over-tolerant approach to politicians and other "authority figures" which had previously predominated on British television.
Every week, topical events were covered using a mixture of sketches, monologues and musical items. Politicians and other prominent people were subjected to close inspection and, as often as not, were well and truly "debunked".
A notable exception to the normal humorous, satirical tone of the programme took the form of an extended tribute to John F Kennedy, broadcast the day after his assassination.
Cast List
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David Frost
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Millicent Martin
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Lance Percival
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William Rushton
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Bernard Levin
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Kenneth Cope
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Roy Kinnear
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Al Mancini
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David Kernan
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Timothy Birdsall
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Robert Lang
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Production Details
Written by:
David Frost, Christopher Booker, Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall, Dennis Potter, David Nathan, David Nobbs, Peter Tinniswood, Others
Produced by:
Ned Sherrin
2 series, 37 episodes
Transmitted: 1962-63
TV Channel: BBC-TV
BBC Television
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