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Before the Fringe

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Before the Fringe was a BBC television series which ran for two series on BBC2 in 1967.[1]

The first series ran for eight episodes between 30 January and 20 March 1967.[2][3] The second series of six episodes ran between 18 September and 23 October 1967.[4][5]

Alan Melville was the guiding light behind this series which attempted to showcase on television some of the best aspects of pre-Before the Fringe revue.[3] Before the 1960s Cambridge Footlights graduates took it by storm, the medium had been a much more gentler, broader affair.

These two series of sketches were made up by performers who had been veterans of such shows. They included:

Various guest stars were featured, including Robert Dorning, Stanley Holloway, Thora Hird, Brenda Bruce, Wilfrid Brambell, Dame Edith Evans, Bud Flanagan, Peter Jones, Patrick Cargill and Barbara Windsor.

Bibliography

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Mark Lewisohn, Radio Times Guide To TV Comedy, 2005 (ISBN 0563487550)

References

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  1. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Before The Fringe - BBC2 Sketch Show". British Comedy Guide.
  2. ^ "Broadcast - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ^ a b "Before the Fringe[20/03/67] (1967)". BFI. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Broadcast - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Broadcast - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Before the Fringe[30/01/67] (1967)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021.
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