Queye TV That Was the Week That Was
Comedy
That Was the Week That Was
1962
0:50
2 Seasons 37 Episodes
★ 8.5
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That Was the Week That Was, informally TWTWTW or TW3, is a satirical television comedy programme on BBC Television in 1962 and 1963. It was devised, produced and directed by Ned Sherrin and presented by David Frost.

The programme is considered a significant element of the satire boom in the United Kingdom in the early 1960s. It broke ground in comedy through lampooning the establishment and political figures. Its broadcast coincided with coverage of the politically charged Profumo affair and John Profumo, the politician at the centre of the affair, became a target for derision. TW3 was first broadcast on Saturday 24 November 1962.

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The 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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Items 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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A 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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A 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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The 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 Was
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An expose of the ""Cross Bencher"" column in the Sunday Express.

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Cast

Millicent Martin

Lance Percival

Kenneth Cope

Roy Kinnear

David Frost

William Rushton

Crew

Tony Webster

Writer

David Panich

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Donald Baverstock

Producer

Ed Sherman

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Alasdair Milne

Executive Producer

Ned Sherrin

Producer

Richard Ingrams

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