That Was the Week That Was
1962 · 2 seasons · 37 episodes · Ended · BBC One
Comedy
TMDB 8.5 · 2 votes
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.
Episodes
- S01E01Show 11962-11-2450m
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.
- S01E02Show 21962-12-0150m
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).
- S01E03Show 31962-12-0850m
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.
- S01E04Show 41962-12-1550m
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.
- S01E05Show 51962-12-2250m
The Queen's christmas broadcast being censored; Bernard Levin is shouted down by a group of farmers.
- S01E06That Was The Year That Was1962-12-2950m
An expose of the ""Cross Bencher"" column in the Sunday Express.
- S01E07Show 71963-01-0550m
- S01E08Show 81963-01-1250m
- S01E09Show 91963-01-1950m
- S01E10Show 101963-01-2650m
- S01E11Show 111963-02-0250m
- S01E12Show 121963-02-0950m
- S01E13Show 131963-02-1650m
- S01E14Show 141963-02-2350m
- S01E15Show 151963-03-0250m
- S01E16Show 161963-03-0950m
- S01E17Show 171963-03-1650m
- S01E18Show 181963-03-2350m
- S01E19Show 191963-03-3050m
- S01E20Show 201963-04-0650m
- S01E21Show 211963-04-1350m
- S01E22Show 221963-04-2050m
- S01E23Show 231963-04-2750m
