That Was the Week That Was

Season 1

Satirical sketch show. The first such show in the UK. It ran for two seasons before being pulled just before the 1964 general election.

Where to Watch That Was the Week That Was • Season 1

23 Episodes

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    Show 1The first programme includes: A parody of BBC by-election coverage; The army becoming a political party; An expose of record producer Norrie Paramor; Bernard Levin interviewing a group of PR men; a skit on the then-current infomercial-style show ""Jim's Inn"", a parody of the recent hit song ""Love And Marriage"" and Timothy Birdsall's send-up of Identikit pictures.
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    Show 2Items include: A look at the possible successors to retired Conservative leader Harold MacMillan; a send-up of TV science shows; and a rant by a yobbish cricketer (Cope).
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    Show 3A monologue by a tobacconist (Roy Kinnear) on why smoking is a good thing, an expose of songwriter Lionel Bart's borrowings from old-time songs; Bernard Levin interviews hotellier Charles Forte, a group of Cardinals sing Arrivederci Roma; and a sketch (and subsequent calypso) on the subject of open flies.
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    Show 4A list of Britain's remaining colonies; trade unions quarrelling over a hole in the road; an old-time comedian (Roy Kinnear) complains about the satire boom.
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    Show 5The Queen's christmas broadcast being censored; Bernard Levin is shouted down by a group of farmers.
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    That Was The Year That WasAn expose of the ""Cross Bencher"" column in the Sunday Express.
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Cast of That Was the Week That Was • Season 1

  • Millicent Martin
  • Lance Percival
  • Kenneth Cope
  • Roy Kinnear
  • David Frost
  • Tony WebsterWriter
  • David PanichWriter
  • Ed ShermanWriter
  • Richard IngramsWriter
  • Donald BaverstockProducer
  • Ned SherrinProducer

 

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