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The Illustrated Weekly Hudd

The Illustrated Weekly Hudd poster
Genre
comedy television series
Country
United Kingdom
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a 1960s British sketch show starring Roy Hudd. It uses many different comedy styles, costumes, and locations. The series featured a regular cast and several writers.

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What happens

The Illustrated Weekly Hudd is a comedy sketch series that ran on the BBC from 1966 to 1967, starring Roy Hudd. The series incorporated myriad comedic styles, elaborate make-up and costume changes, and a diverse array of locations in order to create a singular visual style. The series featured (in addition to Hudd) Doug Fisher, Sheila Steafel, Patrick Newell and Marcia Ashton. Writers included Eric Davidson, Graham Chapman, Dick Vosburgh, and Dave Freeman. It was produced by James Gilbert. All 22 episodes have been wiped by the BBC. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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