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Whoops Baghdad. Ali Oopla (Frankie Howerd). Copyright: BBC
Whoops Baghdad

Whoops Baghdad

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1973
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Frankie Howerd is Ali Oopla, servant to the Wazir of Baghdad, in this double entendre-laden sitcom. Also features Derek Francis, Hilary Pritchard, Anna Brett and Larry Martyn.

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Press clippings

I would have guessed that there was no written script for "Whoops Baghdad" (BBC1) but there must have been because the cast kept forgetting it. And you can't forget what isn't there. Can you?

Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 27th January 1973

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