That Was The Week That Was
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. An American version by the same name aired on NBC from 1964 to 1965, also featuring 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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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Show 1
24-11-196250mThe 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...
- Ep 2
2.Show 2
01-12-196250mItems 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).
- Ep 3
3.Show 3
08-12-196250mA 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...
- Ep 4
4.Show 4
15-12-196250mA 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.
- Ep 5
5.Show 5
22-12-196250mThe Queen's christmas broadcast being censored; Bernard Levin is shouted down by a group of farmers.
- Ep 6
6.That Was The Year That Was
29-12-196250mAn expose of the ""Cross Bencher"" column in the Sunday Express.
- Ep 7
7.Show 7
05-01-196350m - Ep 8
8.Show 8
12-01-196350m - Ep 9
9.Show 9
19-01-196350m - Ep 10
10.Show 10
26-01-196350m - Ep 11
11.Show 11
02-02-196350m - Ep 12
12.Show 12
09-02-196350m - Ep 13
13.Show 13
16-02-196350m - Ep 14
14.Show 14
23-02-196350m - Ep 15
15.Show 15
02-03-196350m - Ep 16
16.Show 16
09-03-196350m - Ep 17
17.Show 17
16-03-196350m - Ep 18
18.Show 18
23-03-196350m - Ep 19
19.Show 19
30-03-196350m - Ep 20
20.Show 20
06-04-196350m - Ep 21
21.Show 21
13-04-196350m - Ep 22
22.Show 22
20-04-196350m - Ep 23
23.Show 23
27-04-196350m
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