The World of Beachcomber

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Title: The World of Beachcomber
Genre: Comedy
Country: United States of America
Studio: BBC Two
Cast: Spike Milligan, Frank Thornton, Leon Thau, Julian Orchard, Ann Lancaster, Paul McDowell
Crew: Barry Took (Writer), Spike Milligan (Additional Writing), Duncan Wood (Producer), Dennis Wilson (Music)
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Keyword: sketch comedy, lost media, surreal humor

Overview:The World of Beachcomber was a surreal television comedy show produced by the BBC, inspired by the Beachcomber column in the Daily Express newspaper. The show, like the column, consisted of a series of unrelated pieces of humour. Links between the items were provided by Spike Milligan, dressed in a smoking jacket and cap, as in the cartoon logo above the newspaper column. The other actors were a Who's Who of British comedy of the time, encompassing almost every supporting player seen or heard in comedy, not excluding people of diminutive stature. In all, 19 episodes were produced beginning in 1968. Unfortunately, like many shows of the time, the original videotapes were wiped. Only one complete episode, on black and white 16mm film, now survives in the BBC archives, from the penultimate edition.

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First Air Date: Jan 22, 1968 Last Air date: Oct 27, 1969 Season: 2 Season Episode: 19 Episode Runtime: 30:14 minutes Quality: HD IMDb: 10 / 10 by 0 users Popularity: 6.5831 Language: en

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