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Frankie Howerd. Frankie Howerd. Copyright: BBC
Frankie Howerd

Frankie Howerd

  • TV sketch show / stand-up
  • BBC One
  • 1964 - 1966
  • 12 episodes (2 series)

Sketch and stand-up series starring inimitable comic Frankie Howerd, and written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

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Frankie Howerd. Frankie Howerd. Copyright: BBC

Key details

Genres
Sketch Show, Stand-Up
Broadcast
1964 - 1966
Channel
BBC 1
Episodes
12 (2 series)
Star
Frankie Howerd
Writers
Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
Director
Duncan Wood
Producer
Duncan Wood
Company

Frankie Howerd regales the audience with a series of highly entertaining comic tall tales, punctuated by and explained with the aid of sketches pitting him alongside star names.

Some of Frankie's guests through the series include June Whitfield, Arthur Mullard, Patrick Cargill and John Le Mesurier.

Additional details

Also known as
  • The Frankie Howerd Show
Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Multi-camera
Picture
Black and white

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Friday 11th December 1964 at 8pm on BBC One

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