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It's a Square World (1961)

It's a Square World poster
Genre
comedy television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
7 seasons, 56 episodes
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Michael Bentine hosts a British comedy sketch series that pokes fun at the world. Each half-hour episode mixes silly sketches and visual gags. The show earned Bentine a BAFTA award in 1962.

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What happens

It's a Square World is a British comedy television series starring Michael Bentine and produced by the BBC. It ran from 1960 until 1964, each episode being of 30 minutes duration. The series gained Bentine a BAFTA award in 1962 for Light Entertainment, while a compilation show, screened by the BBC in 1963, won that year's Press Prize at the Rose d'Or Festival in Montreux. The shows were devised and written by Bentine and John Law. Some sketches were released on an LP. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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