BBC-3 (1965)

Genre

talk show

Country

United Kingdom

How it feels

This BBC series was a weekend talk show mixing satire and conversation. It was a successor to earlier shows but without David Frost. Regulars, guests, and music filled each hour-long edition.

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What happens

BBC-3 is a BBC television programme, devised and produced by Ned Sherrin and hosted by Robert Robinson, which aired for twenty-four hour-long editions during the winter of 1965–1966. It was the third in a line of weekend satire-and-chat shows, successor to That Was the Week That Was and Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life, though David Frost did not participate in this series. Regular performers included John Bird, Eleanor Bron, Lynda Baron, David Battley, Roy Dotrice, Bill Oddie, and Leonard Rossiter. Guests included Millicent Martin and Alan Bennett. The musical director was Dave Lee. With its white sets, BBC-3 retained the look of its predecessor, Not So Much a Programme. Its name was a reference to the BBC's second channel, BBC2, which had started the previous year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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