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Beadle's About. Jeremy Beadle. Copyright: London Weekend Television
Beadle's About

Beadle's About

  • TV sketch show
  • ITV1
  • 1986 - 1996
  • 94 episodes (10 series)

Hidden camera show hosted by Britain's favourite practical joker, Jeremy Beadle.

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Beadle's About. Jeremy Beadle. Copyright: London Weekend Television

Key details

Genre
Sketch Show
Broadcast
1986 - 1996
Channel
ITV
Episodes
94 (10 series), plus 19 highlights specials
Star
Jeremy Beadle
Directors
Terry Kinane, Ted Ayling, Richard Hearsey, Vic Finch and John Birkin
Producers
Trevor Hopkins, Robert Randell and Richard Hearsey
Company

Following the success of Game For A Laugh, 1986 saw Jeremy Beadle branch out with his own LWT hidden camera series - Beadle's About.

Packed with quick street pranks and huge set-piece stunts alike, including more than a few policemen and security guards, Beadle's About rarely failed to make loving fools of the Great British public.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Multi-camera
Picture
Colour

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Saturday 22nd November 1986 at 7:15pm on ITV1

Recording details

  • The London Studios

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