That Was the Week That Was - Season 1

That Was the Week That Was (1962-1963)

Seasons: 2, episodes: 37

Episode runtime: 50 min

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Season 1

All about the series

Release date

24 November 1962

Episodes

#	Name	Release date	Timing
1	Show 1 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.	1962-11-24	50 min.
2	Show 2 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).	1962-12-01	50 min.
3	Show 3 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.	1962-12-08	50 min.
4	Show 4 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.	1962-12-15	50 min.
5	Show 5 The Queen's christmas broadcast being censored; Bernard Levin is shouted down by a group of farmers.	1962-12-22	50 min.
6	That Was The Year That Was An expose of the ""Cross Bencher"" column in the Sunday Express.	1962-12-29	50 min.
7	Show 7	1963-01-05	50 min.
8	Show 8	1963-01-12	50 min.
9	Show 9	1963-01-19	50 min.
10	Show 10	1963-01-26	50 min.
11	Show 11	1963-02-02	50 min.
12	Show 12	1963-02-09	50 min.
13	Show 13	1963-02-16	50 min.
14	Show 14	1963-02-23	50 min.
15	Show 15	1963-03-02	50 min.
16	Show 16	1963-03-09	50 min.
17	Show 17	1963-03-16	50 min.
18	Show 18	1963-03-23	50 min.
19	Show 19	1963-03-30	50 min.
20	Show 20	1963-04-06	50 min.
21	Show 21	1963-04-13	50 min.
22	Show 22	1963-04-20	50 min.
23	Show 23	1963-04-27	50 min.

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