Twice a Fortnight

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Twice a Fortnight
Starring	Graeme Garden Terry Jones Jonathan Lynn Bill Oddie Michael Palin Tony Buffery
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producer	Tony Palmer
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	21 October (1967-10-21) – 23 December 1967 (1967-12-23)

Twice a Fortnight is a 1967 British sketch comedy television series with Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Jonathan Lynn and Tony Buffery.

Graeme Garden suggested to the director, Tony Palmer, that Michael Palin and Terry Jones be included in the cast and writers of the show.^[1] All episodes are now lost as a result of the BBC wiping the tapes.^[2]

Legacy

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Graeme Garden appears briefly as Max Von Sydow in the trailer for Monty Python and the Holy Grail, in reused footage from Twice a Fortnight.

References

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^ From Fringe to Flying Circus – 'Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960-1980' – Roger Wilmut, Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1980.
^ Guide, British Comedy (24 April 2018). "Comedies crowd top 100 missing TV shows list". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

External links

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Twice a Fortnight at BBC Online Comedy Guide
Twice a Fortnight at IMDb

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