The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d
- The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d
infobox television
show_name = The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d.
format = Comedy
runtime = 30 minutes per episode
Writers = Dave Freeman, John Junkin, Spike Milligan, Terry Nation, Eric Sykes
starring = Peter Sellers
Spike Milligan
Eric Sykes
Valentine Dyall
Kenneth Connor
Graham Stark
June Whitfield
Patti Lewis
Max Geldray
country = United Kingdom
network = BBC-1
first_aired = February 24, 1956
last_aired = March 30, 1956
num_episodes = 6
"The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d" was the first serious attempt to translate the humour of the Goon Show to television. It was made by Associated-Rediffusion and broadcast only in the London area.
It combined elements of a sitcom and sketch comedy with Peter Sellers as the editor of a tatty Victorian newspaper, "The Idiot Weekly". The headlines of the paper were used as links to comedy sketches.
Although written mainly by Spike Milligan, there were many contributions from members of the writers' co-operative Associated London Scripts, including Dave Freeman and Terry Nation, with Eric Sykes credited as the script editor. The series was produced and directed by Richard Lester.
It was followed by "A Show Called Fred" and "Son of Fred".
The title was revived by Spike Milligan for the Australian radio series "The Idiot Weekly".
External links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/i/idiotweeklyprice_7773800.shtml BBC Comedy Guide - The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
The Idiot Weekly — Infobox Radio Show show name = The Idiot Weekly imagesize = 250px caption = Ray Barrett, Michael Eisdell, John Bluthal, Bobby Limb, Reg Goldsworthy and Spike Milligan at a recording session of The Idiot Weekly in 1958. format = Comedy runtime =… … Wikipedia
The Woody Show — Infobox Radio station name = The Woody Show area = San Francisco Bay Area/Oakland/San Jose and streaming online around the world city = San Francisco, California frequency = 105.3 MHz HD Radio format = Modern Rock / Talk Show owner = CBS Radio… … Wikipedia
The Book of Mormon (musical) — For the Broadway cast album, see The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording. The Book of Mormon Original poster Music Trey Parker Robert Lopez Matt Stone … Wikipedia
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — Classification Latter Day Saint movement Theology Nontrinitarian, Mormonism Governance … Wikipedia
Idiot Savants (game show) — Idiot Savants was an American television game show on the MTV network, which debuted on December 9, 1996. It was directed by Steve Paley and hosted by comedian Greg Fitzsimmons. The show s title refers to a label historically directed toward… … Wikipedia
The Simpsons (season 20) — The Simpsons Season 20 The Blu ray cover of this season s boxset. Country of origin United States … Wikipedia
The Documentary — Infobox Album Name = The Documentary Type = studio Artist = The Game (rapper) Released = January 18, 2005 Recorded = 2004 Genre = West Coast hip hop, Hardcore hip hop, Gangsta rap Length = 69:57 Label = Aftermath, G Unit, Interscope Producer = Dr … Wikipedia
The Dunciad — Alexander Pope The Dunciad /ˈd … Wikipedia
The Black Parade — This article is about the album. For the song, see Welcome to the Black Parade. The Black Parade Studio album by … Wikipedia
The Rats in the Walls — Infobox short story | name = The Rats in the Walls author = H. P. Lovecraft country = United States language = English genre = Horror short story published in = Weird Tales publisher = media type = Magazine pub date = March 1924 The Rats in the… … Wikipedia
