At Last the 1948 Show

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Television series
Original title At Last the 1948 Show
Country of production United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
original language English
year 1967
Production
company		 Paradine Productions
Rediffusion London
length 25 minutes
Episodes 13
genre Comedy
production Ian Fordyce
First broadcast February 15, 1967 on ITV (United Kingdom)
occupation

At Last the 1948 Show (in German about: Finally the series from 1948 ) was a satirical television series of the British television station ITV in the 1960s . Alongside Do Not Adjust Your Set, the series is one of the two direct predecessors of the television series Monty Python's Flying Circus . It was produced in 1967 by Paradine Productions, a David Frost company , in association with Rediffusion London.

In the broadcast occurred Tim Brooke-Taylor , Marty Feldman , Aimi MacDonald and the later Monty Python members Graham Chapman and John Cleese on. Cleese and Brooke-Taylor were also responsible for the content. The director was Ian Fordyce. The series was shot in black and white and consisted of 13 episodes.

history

British television producer David Frost asked Cleese, Chapman and Brooke-Taylor to appear in a sketch television series. This suggested another member Marty Feldman, who was a comedy writer until then. The series was the forerunner to the radio series I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again and the television series Monty Python's Flying Circus and The Goodies . The series continued Feldman's television series Marty (with the participation of Tim Brooke-Taylor). The concept of mixing funny scenes with interspersed songs was rejected by the followers.

There is no direct connection between the series and the year 1948. The title of the series alludes to the fact that at the time the BBC withheld programs for months before they were finally broadcast. The team also recorded a long-playing record of sketches from the show and published a book with some of the sketches.

Some of the skits were revived by Monty Python in the two special episodes produced for German television ( Monty Python's flying circus ) and in stage appearances. Among other things, the Four Yorkshiremen sketch , which was part of her stage show Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl . The bookshop sketch is included in a modified form on Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album .

The series was recorded in what is now Fountain Studios in Wembley , London .

Footage starring John Cleese and Tim Brooke-Taylor from At Last the 1948 Show was featured in the documentary Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyers Cut) .

Guest appearances

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From Fringe to Flying Circus - 'Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960-1980' - Roger Wilmut, Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1980, ISBN 0-413-46950-6 . (English)

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