At Last the 1948 Show

A groundbreaking, splendidly silly, surreal sketch comedy series written by and starring The Goodies' Tim Brooke-Taylor, Monty Python's Graham Chapman and John Cleese, and comedy legend Marty Feldman.

Comedy

Seasons

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 1967-02-15

Opening: Leave Tim Alone ꞏ Doctor Sketch (Man with Skinny Legs) ꞏ Witch (Restaurant Quickie) ꞏ Self-Wrestling (One-Man Wrestling) ꞏ Secret Service Chief Interview (Hit by Balls) ꞏ There's a Man in my Soup (Fly Noises) ꞏ Treasure Trove ꞏ Public Opinion (Vox Pop). Complete except missing end credits; recovered in 2014.

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 1967-02-22

Opening: John in Bath ꞏ Foggy Spain Link ꞏ The Four Sydney Lotterbys ꞏ Lucky Gypsy Clothes Pegs ꞏ Judge Not. Incomplete; only first 5:45 of video footage and about a minute of 'Judge Not' exists from compilations. Full audio is available commercially, accompanied by images of original scripts.

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 1967-03-01

Opening: Flying into New York ꞏ Bookshop ꞏ Visitors for the Use of... ꞏ Job Description (Do You Match This Description?) ꞏ Sheepdog Trials ꞏ Sleep Starvation ꞏ Mice Laugh Softly ꞏ Charlotte (Captured Spy). Complete; recovered in 2015.

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 1967-03-08

Someone Has Stolen the News ꞏ Grublian Holidays (Grublia Tourist Office) ꞏ Jack the Ripper Song ꞏ Memory Training Course (Word Association) ꞏ One Man Battalion ꞏ Ministerial Breakdown (Minister Who Falls to Pieces) ꞏ Engine Driver Spriggs ꞏ Plain Clothes Police(wo)men (Undercover Policemen). Complete; kinescope recovered in 1994.

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 1967-03-15

Rural Farm (Gentleman Farmer Dialect) ꞏ The Wonderful World of the Ant ꞏ Judo ꞏ John and Mary in Malaya ꞏ Top of the Form Complete; kinescope recovered in 2003.

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 1967-03-22

Opening: Six Girls and Exhibit A ꞏ Televisione Italiano Presenta: Let's Speak-a English ꞏ Headmaster ꞏ Raid on a Crinolene Frock (The Siege in the Frock) ꞏ Real Life Drama (Choristers Repetition) ꞏ Chinese Restaurant ꞏ Beekeeping ꞏ The Ferret Song. Complete; kinescope.

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 1967-09-26

Spiv Doctor (Doctor Trying to Sell Things) ꞏ Reptile Keeper Swallowed by Snake ꞏ Thief Hiding in Public Library ꞏ Joke Shop ꞏ Come Dancing Incomplete; 18:30 of video footage exists from compilations; missing Joke Shop and some of the links.

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 1967-10-03

Opening: Bringing New Meaning to the Word Yech ꞏ Shirt Shop ꞏ The Nosmo Claphanger Show (Game Show) ꞏ Insurance for an Accident Prone Man ꞏ Take Your Clothes Off! ꞏ Rowdy Scottish Ballet Supporters (Thuggish Ballet) Complete; kinescope from an almost complete compilation episode, except Clothes Off kinescope recovered from ABC Australia.

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 1967-10-10

Opening: The Story So Far ꞏ Pessimistic Customer (Only Buying One Shoe) ꞏ Meek Bouncer ꞏ Men's Club (Old Men Dying in Club) ꞏ Look at Science (Insecure Neurotic Scientist) ꞏ Sydney Lotterby Craves the Test Score ꞏ Shop for the Sight and Sound Impaired (Hearing Aid & Contact Lens Shop) Complete except missing end credits; kinescope recovered 1994.

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 1967-10-17

Discussion on Pornography ꞏ Teach Yourself a Foreign Language Record ꞏ Door-to-Door Undertaker ꞏ Unco-operative Burglars ꞏ Topic: Freedom of Speech ꞏ Programme Announcement (Repeats Report) ꞏ Studio Tour (Tour Through a Live Programme) Complete; recovered in 2015.

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 1967-10-24

Opening: Reluctant Choir (Choir Won't Sing Hymns) ꞏ Psychiatrist ꞏ Deadly Architectural Model (Edible Town Square Model) ꞏ Secret Service Cleaner ꞏ Footballer on Trial (Reprimanded Soccer Player) ꞏ The Pretty Way (Western Quickie) ꞏ Misunderstood magazine programme. Complete except missing end credits; recovered 2003.

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 1967-10-31

Police Banquet ꞏ Sydney Lotterbys' Renewed Acquaintance (Return of the Sydney Lotterbys) ꞏ The Chartered Accountant Dance ꞏ MI5 Banquet ꞏ Dentistry with a Difference ꞏ The Four Yorkshiremen Complete; recovered in 2010.

7. Episode 7

Air Date: 1967-11-07

Current Affairs Programme ꞏ Railway Carriage (Train Travelling Pest) ꞏ Pet Shop (The Pathos of Pet Shops) ꞏ The Rhubarb Tart Song Complete except missing Rhubarb Tart Song; recovered in 2014.

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