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Beyond The Fringe. Image shows from L to R: Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett. Copyright: BBC
Beyond The Fringe

Beyond The Fringe

  • TV sketch show
  • BBC Two
  • 1964
  • 1 episode

Hugely influential satirical sketch show, written and performed by Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Alan Bennett.

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Press clippings

What happens to comedy when British politics becomes a joke?

When audiences do want something sharp, they want it to confirm prejudices.

The Economist, 17th August 2023

I saw Miller in Beyond the Fringe - I'm still dazzled

The Guardian's theatre critic was at the sketch group's first show in 1960. It was the beginning of a friendship ... and a satire boom that changed the world.

Michael Billington, The Guardian, 28th November 2019

50 years on from Beyond the Fringe (Link expired)

Fifty years ago tomorrow, one of the most famous festival shows of all time made its debut. Nicholas Leonard was there.

Nicholas Leonard, Edinburgh Festivals, 21st August 2010

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