John Howard Davies
Director
The World of Beachcomber (1968)
Season 1
The World of Beachcomber was a surreal television comedy show produced by the BBC, inspired by the Beachcomber column in the Daily Express newspaper. The show, like the column, consisted of a series of unrelated pieces of humour. Links between the items were provided by Spike Milligan, dressed in a smoking jacket and cap, as in the cartoon logo above the newspaper column. The other actors were a Who's Who of British comedy of the time, encompassing almost every supporting player seen or heard in comedy, not excluding people of diminutive stature. In all, 19 episodes were produced beginning in 1968. Unfortunately, like many shows of the time, the original videotapes were wiped. Only one complete episode, on black and white 16mm film, now survives in the BBC archives, from the penultimate edition.
Released Jan. 22, 1968
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: imdb.lost-tv-series, tmdb.sketch-comedy, tmdb.lost-media
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Series 1, Show 1
Jan. 22, 1968, midnight
S1E2 - Series 1, Show 2
Jan. 29, 1968, midnight
S1E3 - Series 1, Show 3
Feb. 5, 1968, midnight
S1E4 - Series 1, Show 4
Feb. 12, 1968, midnight
S1E5 - Series 1, Show 5
Feb. 19, 1968, midnight
S1E6 - Series 1, Show 6
Feb. 26, 1968, midnight
S1E7 - Series 1, Show 7
March 4, 1968, midnight
S1E8 - Series 1, Show 8
March 11, 1968, midnight
S1E9 - Series 1, Show 9
March 18, 1968, midnight
S1E10 - Series 1, Show 10
March 25, 1968, midnight
S1E11 - Series 1, Show 11
April 1, 1968, midnight
S1E12 - Series 1, Show 12
April 8, 1968, midnight
S1E13 - Series 1, Show 13
April 22, 1968, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 570 min.
Released: Jan. 22, 1968
Last Air Date: Oct. 27, 1969, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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