That Was the Week That Was - Episodes

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1x01 Show 1 aired Nov 24, 1962

The first programme includes: A parody of BBC by-election coverage; The army becoming a political party; An expose of record producer Norrie Paramor; Bernard... read more

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1x02 Show 2 aired Dec 01, 1962

Items include: A look at the possible successors to retired Conservative leader Harold MacMillan; a send-up of TV science shows; and a rant by a yobbish cric... read more

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1x03 Show 3 aired Dec 08, 1962

A monologue by a tobacconist (Roy Kinnear) on why smoking is a good thing, an expose of songwriter Lionel Bart's borrowings from old-time songs; Bernard Levi... read more

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1x04 Show 4 aired Dec 15, 1962

A list of Britain's remaining colonies; trade unions quarrelling over a hole in the road; an old-time comedian (Roy Kinnear) complains about the satire boom.

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1x05 Show 5 aired Dec 22, 1962

The Queen's christmas broadcast being censored; Bernard Levin is shouted down by a group of farmers.

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1x06 That Was The Year That Was aired Dec 29, 1962

An expose of the ""Cross Bencher"" column in the Sunday Express.

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1x07 Show 7 aired Jan 05, 1963