British Comedy Guide

Barnaby Spoot And The Exploding Whoopee Cushion

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1965
  • 1 pilot

Comedy Playhouse special from Feldman and Took, in which joke inventor Barnaby Spoot plots ultimate revenge upon a joke shop that always rejects him. Stars John Bird, John Le Mesurier, Ronald Lacey, Sheila Steafel, Alister Williamson and more.

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Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1965
Channel
BBC 1
Episodes
1 Pilot
Stars
John Bird, John Le Mesurier, Ronald Lacey, Sheila Steafel, Alister Williamson, Jane Thorne, Bart Allison, Bill Burridge and more
Writers
Marty Feldman and Barry Took
Director
Dick Clement
Producers
Dick Clement and Graeme Muir
Company

Additional details

Part of

Comedy Playhouse

Production
Studio
Picture
Black and white

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Friday 28th May 1965 at 8pm on BBC One
Episode length
25 minutes

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