That Was the Week That Was (1962)
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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Episodes
- 1 1. Show 11962-11-24 · 50mThe 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 g
- 2 2. Show 21962-12-01 · 50mItems 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).
- 3 3. Show 31962-12-08 · 50mA 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
- 4 4. Show 41962-12-15 · 50mA 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.
- 5 5. Show 51962-12-22 · 50mThe Queen's christmas broadcast being censored; Bernard Levin is shouted down by a group of farmers.
- 6 6. That Was The Year That Was1962-12-29 · 50mAn expose of the ""Cross Bencher"" column in the Sunday Express.
- 7 7. Show 71963-01-05 · 50m
- 8 8. Show 81963-01-12 · 50m
- 9 9. Show 91963-01-19 · 50m
- 10 10. Show 101963-01-26 · 50m
- 11 11. Show 111963-02-02 · 50m
- 12 12. Show 121963-02-09 · 50m
- 13 13. Show 131963-02-16 · 50m
- 14 14. Show 141963-02-23 · 50m
- 15 15. Show 151963-03-02 · 50m
- 16 16. Show 161963-03-09 · 50m
- 17 17. Show 171963-03-16 · 50m
- 18 18. Show 181963-03-23 · 50m
- 19 19. Show 191963-03-30 · 50m
- 20 20. Show 201963-04-06 · 50m
- 21 21. Show 211963-04-13 · 50m
- 22 22. Show 221963-04-20 · 50m
- 23 23. Show 231963-04-27 · 50m
Cast
Millicent Martin
Lance Percival
Kenneth Cope
Roy Kinnear
David Frost
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