British Comedy Guide

The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d

  • TV sketch show
  • ITV1
  • 1956
  • 5 episodes (1 series)

The first attempt at bringing Goon Show humour to TV, this mix of sketches and sitcom-esque formulae was set around Victorian paper, The Idiot Weekly. Stars Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Eric Sykes, Valentine Dyall, Kenneth Connor and more.

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Key cast & crew credits

Cast
Spike Milligan Ensemble Actor
Peter Sellers Ensemble Actor
Eric Sykes Ensemble Actor
Valentine Dyall Ensemble Actor
Kenneth Connor Ensemble Actor
Graham Stark Ensemble Actor
June Whitfield Ensemble Actor
Patti Lewis Ensemble Actor
Max Geldray Ensemble Actor
Writing team
Spike Milligan Writer
Dave Freeman Writer
John Junkin Writer
Terry Nation Writer
Eric Sykes Script Editor
Production team
Richard Lester (as Dick Lester) Director
Richard Lester (as Dick Lester) Producer

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