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Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
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Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life

1964
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life

Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life

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Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life is a BBC-TV satire programme produced by Ned Sherrin, which aired during the winter of 1964–1965, in an attempt to continue and improve on the successful formula of his That Was The Week That Was, which had been taken off by the BBC because of the coming General Election. It too featured David Frost as compère, with two others, William Rushton and the poet P. J. Kavanagh joining him in the role. In addition to Saturdays, there were also editions on Fridays and Sundays. It saw the first appearances on television of John Bird, Eleanor Bron, Roy Hudd, Patrick Campbell and John Fortune. Michael Crawford also featured as 'Byron'. Whereas TWTWTW had had a dark nightclub atmosphere, the new programme used predominantly white sets. The programme lacked the impact of TW3 and lasted only one season before being replaced by the Robert Robinson-fronted BBC-3.

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EP62  Show 62
Apr. 11,1965
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EP61  Show 61
Apr. 10,1965
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EP60  Show 60
Apr. 09,1965
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EP59  Show 59
Apr. 04,1965
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EP58  Show 58
Apr. 03,1965
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EP57  Show 57
Apr. 02,1965
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EP56  Show 56
Mar. 28,1965
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EP55  Show 55
Mar. 27,1965
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EP54  Show 54
Mar. 26,1965
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EP53  Show 53
Mar. 21,1965
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EP52  Show 52
Mar. 20,1965
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EP51  Show 51
Mar. 19,1965
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EP50  Show 50
Mar. 14,1965
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EP49  Show 49
Mar. 13,1965
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EP48  Show 48
Mar. 12,1965
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EP47  Show 47
Mar. 07,1965
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EP46  Show 46
Mar. 06,1965
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EP45  Show 45
Mar. 05,1965
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EP44  Show 44
Feb. 28,1965
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EP43  Show 43
Feb. 27,1965
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EP42  Show 42
Feb. 26,1965
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EP41  Show 41
Feb. 21,1965
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EP40  Show 40
Feb. 20,1965
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EP39  Show 39
Feb. 19,1965
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EP38  Show 38
Feb. 14,1965
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EP37  Show 37
Feb. 13,1965
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EP36  Show 36
Feb. 12,1965
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EP35  Show 35
Feb. 07,1965
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EP34  Show 34
Feb. 06,1965
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EP33  Show 33
Feb. 05,1965
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EP32  Show 32
Jan. 31,1965
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EP31  Show 31
Jan. 30,1965
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EP30  Show 30
Jan. 29,1965
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EP29  Show 29
Jan. 24,1965
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EP28  Show 28
Jan. 23,1965
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EP27  Show 27
Jan. 22,1965
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EP26  Show 26
Jan. 17,1965
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EP25  Show 25
Jan. 16,1965
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EP24  Show 24
Jan. 15,1965
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EP23  Show 23
Jan. 10,1965
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EP22  Show 22
Jan. 09,1965
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EP21  Show 21
Jan. 08,1965
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EP20  Show 20
Jan. 03,1965
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EP19  Show 19
Jan. 02,1965
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EP18  Show 18
Dec. 20,1964
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EP17  Show 17
Dec. 19,1964
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EP16  Show 16
Dec. 18,1964
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EP15  Show 15
Dec. 13,1964
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EP14  Show 14
Dec. 12,1964
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EP13  Show 13
Dec. 11,1964
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EP12  Show 12
Dec. 06,1964
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EP11  Show 11
Dec. 05,1964
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EP10  Show 10
Dec. 04,1964
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EP9  Show 9
Nov. 29,1964
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EP8  Show 8
Nov. 28,1964
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EP7  Show 7
Nov. 27,1964
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EP6  Show 6
Nov. 22,1964
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EP5  Show 5
Nov. 21,1964
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EP4  Show 4
Nov. 20,1964
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EP3  Show 3
Nov. 15,1964
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EP2  Show 2
Nov. 14,1964
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EP1  Show 1
Nov. 13,1964
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7.2 | en | | More Info
Released: 1964-11-13 | Released Producted By: , Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
Synopsis

Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life is a BBC-TV satire programme produced by Ned Sherrin, which aired during the winter of 1964–1965, in an attempt to continue and improve on the successful formula of his That Was The Week That Was, which had been taken off by the BBC because of the coming General Election. It too featured David Frost as compère, with two others, William Rushton and the poet P. J. Kavanagh joining him in the role. In addition to Saturdays, there were also editions on Fridays and Sundays. It saw the first appearances on television of John Bird, Eleanor Bron, Roy Hudd, Patrick Campbell and John Fortune. Michael Crawford also featured as 'Byron'. Whereas TWTWTW had had a dark nightclub atmosphere, the new programme used predominantly white sets. The programme lacked the impact of TW3 and lasted only one season before being replaced by the Robert Robinson-fronted BBC-3.

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Roy Hudd , Michael Crawford , Eleanor Bron

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Reviews

F Gwynplaine MacIntyre The ground-breaking TV series 'That Was the Week that Was', dealing in political satire, was officially put on hiatus by the BBC (cancelled, more like) for Britain's 1964 general election. 'Not So Much a Programme', premiering on Friday the 13th of November after the election, was Auntie Beeb's attempt at two bites of the same cherry.The series was transmitted each week on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with a different female singer recounting the headlines for each night: Barbara Evans (Friday) was pleasant enough. Jo Blake, on the Saturdays, gave me the Joe Blakes. Cleo Laine, on Sundays, was easily the best of the three.John Wells, already established as a writer, made his performing debut on NSMAP. Eleanor Bron performed some of her own material, as well as appearing in a recurring role (a Tory Aunt Sally) scripted by Peter Cook, with the punning name Lady Pamela Stitty.Whilst 'TW3' featured bare-bones sets in an obvious studio, 'NSMAP' splurged on some occasionally elaborate settings and props. One sketch, written by John Fortune and John Bird, called for a statue sixty feet high! Since this was well higher than the studio's sightlines (no exterior filming here), the sketch was ultimately performed with a pair of legs a mere 20 feet high, representing a much taller statue. Can this be where Monty Python got their inspiration for the enormous foot?NSMAP's most notorious sketch remains the one depicting a Catholic priest in Liverpool's lower-class Irish community, chastising poor Mrs O'Hara (Patricia Routledge) for failing to become pregnant again after leaving off at only 16 children. Looking directly into the camera, he smirks: 'We'll catch the Chinese up yet.' At this late date, and from our modern permissive viewpoint, 'Not So Much a Programme' seems quite tame, but it was daring for its time: sometimes more so than the more notorious 'TW3'. Despite this programme's awful title, I'll rate 'Not So Much a Programme' 8 out of 10