Frost on Sunday

Synopsis

One of the triumvirate of Frost programmes that dominated ITV weekends in the late 1960s and early ‘70s, Frost on Sunday concerned itself with the lighter end of the entertainment spectrum.
Made at a time when David Frost was hosting a chat show in the US and then jetting back to the UK to do three shows over the weekend, Frost on Sunday concentrates this energy into fifty minutes worth of light entertainment featuring numerous sketches from Ronnie Corbett, Ronnie Barker - who won a BAFTA for best Light Entertainment Performance - and Josephine Tewson (the latter two fresh from their stint on Hark at Barker). Amongst the shows many guests are Rolf Harris, Matt Monro, Michael Bentine, Des O’Connor, Ted Ray, Kenneth Williams, Vincent Price and Michael Palin as Julie Andrews (aka L. F. Dibley).

A number of editions of Frost on Sunday no longer exist - this set includes the first show from 1968, which was the subject of a technical strike and so has no on-screen credits. The rest of the shows come from the second series in 1970, including the edition on 8th March 1970 where the team decamped from their Wembley studios to the London Palladium to present that year’s British Film and Television Awards. Though this episode only exists in a slightly edited format, the special show features Laurence Olivier, Morecambe and Wise, Marty Feldman and John Alderton with the Fenn Street Gang (in character!).

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of production

1960-1970

Subjects

Media studies; Television studies

Keywords

colour television; television history

Credits

Contributor

David Frost

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£10.82

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

520 minutes

Year

2018

Distributor

Name

Network

Email

shop@networkonair.com

Web

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Phone

01992 657707

Address

19-20 Blythe Road
Berghem Mews
Hammersmith
London
W14 0HN

Notes

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