A Show Called Fred

A Show Called Fred

infobox television
show_name = A Show Called Fred
format = Comedy
runtime = 30 minutes per episode
Writer = Spike Milligan
starring = Peter Sellers
Spike Milligan
Valentine Dyall
Kenneth Connor
Graham Stark
Patti Lewis
Max Geldray
country = United Kingdom
network = BBC-1
first_aired = 2 May 1956
last_aired = 30 May 1956
num_episodes = 5

"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 18 September 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".

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/s/showcalledfreda_1299002826.shtml BBC Comedy Guide - A Show Called Fred]


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