The Melting Pot
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1975
- 7 episodes (1 series)
Controversial comedy set in a guest house inhabited by immigrants from far and wide. Stars Spike Milligan, John Bird, Frank Carson, Alexandra Dane, Robert Dorning and more.
Spike Milligan's The Melting Pot
When a Pakistani father and son make their illegal way into Britain, even the names they've adopted are jokes. They've come via Amsterdam and are now Messrs Rembrandt and Van Gogh!
They find a home (of sorts) at Number 7 Piles Road, London - lodgings run by Irish Republican coalman Paddy O'Brien and his voluptuous daughter Nefertiti - where their fellow inmates are of all shades of complexion and outrageous opinion.
In The Melting Pot (which BBC Television commissioned, filmed, and then mysteriously abandoned) Spike Milligan's comic genius is given full rein as he creates ever wilder and more hilarious incidents in the lives of two complete innocents abroad. The text is richly complemented by the inventive drawings of Bill Tidy.
First published: Monday 31st October 1983
- Publisher: Robson Books
- Pages: 112
- Catalogue: 9780860511953
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