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A Show Called Fred
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| A Show Called Fred | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Starring | Peter Sellers Spike Milligan Valentine Dyall Kenneth Connor Graham Stark Patti Lewis Max Geldray |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes per episode |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC-1 |
| Original run | May 2, 1956 – May 30, 1956 |
A Show Called Fred was the successor series to The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d. It was made by Associated-Rediffusion and broadcast only in London area.
It was predominantly a sketch comedy attempting to translate the audio antics of the The Goon Show into visual antics in bizarre and often surreal comedy sketches.
The series was written by Spike Milligan and produced and directed by Richard Lester.
It was followed by Son of Fred later in 1956.
A half hour special Best of Fred was broadcast on September 18, 1963 combining surviving sketches from A Show Called Fred and Son of Fred.
The 1995 convention of the Goon Show Preservation Society was billed as A Weekend Called Fred.
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