Dame Edna Everage - A Birthday Tribute
- TV comedy
- BBC Two
- 1984
- 1 episode
Arena mockumentary marking the birthday of Edna Everage. Stars Barry Humphries and David Dimbleby.
Key details
- Genre
- Comedy
- Broadcast
- 1984
- Channel
- BBC 2
- Episodes
- 1
- Stars
- Barry Humphries and David Dimbleby
- Director
- Julian Jebb
- Producer
- Alan Yentob
- Company
At 10:50 precisely on 17th February 19**, that grande-dame of Antipodean culture, Edna May Everage, drew her first breath in the modest suburb of Moonee Ponds.
On Arena tonight, live by satellite from Sydney, Australia, cultural attaché Sir Les Patterson salutes a megastar of the entertainment firmament. On this auspicious day - a day which is rumoured, incidentally, to coincide with the 50th birthday of reclusive impresario Barry Humphries - Sir Les introduces precious fragments from the BBC archive which relive the agony and the ecstasy of La Dame Aux Gladiolas.
Additional details
- Also known as
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- Arena: Dame Edna Everage - A Birthday Tribute
- Production
- Studio
- Picture
- Colour
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Friday 17th February 1984 at 10:05pm on BBC Two
- Episode length
- 50 minutes