British Comedy Guide

La Dame Aux Gladiolas

  • TV comedy
  • BBC Two
  • 1979
  • 1 episode

Arena mockumentary looking at Dame Edna Everage. Stars Barry Humphries.

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Key details

Genre
Comedy
Broadcast
1979
Channel
BBC 2
Episodes
1
Star
Barry Humphries
Writer
Barry Humphries
Director
Julian Jebb
Producer
Alan Yentob
Company

In this, the first-ever exclusive arts documentary about a living legend, our cameras probe and etch the enigma which is Dame Edna.

Meet her in the privacy of her fabulously appointed penthouse suite atop the Dorchester Hotel, London, Wl. Witness the fabled finale of her current West End hit, A Night with Dame Edna. Visit her Melbourne home suburb, Moonee Ponds, now a national monument, and suffer with her the tears, terror and triumph as she claws her way to the top.

Dame Edna talks fearlessly about her fame, her wealth and her humility, whilst wearing no less than ten unique couturier-simulated gowns. And much, much more.

Dame Edna Everage is a division of the Barry Humphries group.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Monday 19th March 1979 at 10:25pm on BBC Two
Episode length
45 minutes

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