The Mary Whitehouse Experience
A BBC sketch show named after a morality campaigner.
A British topical sketch comedy programme, The Mary Whitehouse Experience, was coproduced by the BBC and Spitting Image Productions.[1]
Quick Facts
- Runtime
- 30 mins
- Creator
- Bill Dare
- Executive producers
- William Sargent; Joanna Beresford
- Producer
- Marcus Mortimer, Armando Iannucci
- Company
- BBC, Spitting Image Productions
- Starring
- David Baddiel
- Rob Newman
- Steve Punt
- Hugh Dennis
- Opening theme
- "Jack to the Sound of the Underground", Hithouse
- Composer
- Peter Slaghuis, Simon Brint
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
A companion book titled The Mary Whitehouse Experience Encyclopedia was released in 1991, containing references to sketches and new material.[2] On 10 March 1989, BBC Radio 1 aired a pilot episode; a 13‑episode series then commenced on 7 April that year, with Bill Dare creating the show's format.[3] The programme's initial broadcast time was Friday at midnight.[4] Concerned that Mary Whitehouse might sue over the use of her name, the BBC briefly considered calling the programme The William Rees‑Mogg Experience instead.[5]
In 2003, BBC 7 repeated most episodes from the first three radio series.[6] Owing to rights restrictions, further repeats were blocked, though occasional single broadcasts happened in the Comedy Controller slot.[6]
What the cited sources add
The epguides.com guide lists the show as having 44 episodes on BBC Radio 1, each 30 minutes long, aired from March 1989 to December 1990.[7] The guide credits Armando Iannucci as the producer of the series.[7] It also notes that Jo Brand appeared in the cast, and Mark Thomas appeared in series 1-3.[7]
References
- Wikipedia, "The Mary Whitehouse Experience" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "BBC - Comedy Guide - The Mary Whitehouse Experience", 1 January 2005 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "The Mary Whitehouse Experience" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: David Baddiel, Hugh Dennis, Robert Newman, and Steve Punt. (The Mary Whitehouse Experience Encyclopedia (London: Fourth Estate, 1991). (10). (13). – series comp (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "The Mary Whitehouse Experience" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The Mary Whitehouse Experience epguides.com (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "The Mary Whitehouse Experience" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "radiohaha -- The Mary Whitehouse Experience", Angelfire (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "The Mary Whitehouse Experience" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "SOTCAA article on The Mary Whitehouse Experience"; "radiohaha -- The Mary Whitehouse Experience", Angelfire (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "The Mary Whitehouse Experience" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "BBC Radio 4 Extra — The Mary Whitehouse Experience", BBC (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- The Mary Whitehouse Experience epguides.com. facts only, no text reused. epguides.com
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