The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d

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This article is about the British television series. For the Australian radio series, see The Idiot Weekly.

The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d.
Format	Comedy
Starring	Peter Sellers Spike Milligan Eric Sykes Valentine Dyall Kenneth Connor Graham Stark June Whitfield Patti Lewis Max Geldray
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	30 minutes per episode
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC-1
Original run	February 24, 1956 – March 30, 1956

The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d was the first serious attempt to translate the humour of the Goon Show to television. It was made by Associated-Rediffusion and broadcast only in the London area.

It combined elements of a sitcom and sketch comedy with Peter Sellers as the editor of a tatty Victorian newspaper, The Idiot Weekly. The headlines of the paper were used as links to comedy sketches.

Although written mainly by Spike Milligan, there were many contributions from members of the writers' co-operative Associated London Scripts, including Dave Freeman and Terry Nation, with Eric Sykes credited as the script editor. The series was produced and directed by Richard Lester.

It was followed by A Show Called Fred and Son of Fred.

The title was revived by Spike Milligan for the Australian radio series The Idiot Weekly.