The World of Beachcomber

• 1968 –1969
• •
• Ended

• Comedy

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The World of Beachcomber was a surreal television comedy show produced by the BBC, inspired by the Beachcomber column in the Daily Express newspaper. The show, like the column, consisted of a series of unrelated pieces of humour. Links between the items were provided by Spike Milligan, dressed in a smoking jacket and cap, as in the cartoon logo above the newspaper column. The other actors were a Who's Who of British comedy of the time, encompassing almost every supporting player seen or heard in comedy, not excluding people of diminutive stature.

Created by

Duncan Wood , John Howard Davies

Seasons

2

Episodes

19

Episode length

~30m

First aired

Jan 22, 1968

Networks

BBC Two

Original language

English

Origin

United Kingdom