Marty (TV series)

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Marty is a British television sketch comedy series, with Marty Feldman, Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Junkin, Roland MacLeod, Mary Miller and Peter Pocock which was made in 1968. There was a second series made in 1969, titled "It's Marty".

A compilation of sketches from the series has been released on DVD, with the title "The Best of Marty Feldman".

The writers were John Cleese, Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Junkin, Marty Feldman, Barry Took, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Philip Jenkinson, Donald Webster, Peter Dickinson, Terry Gilliam, John Law, Frank Muir and Denis Norden. Barry Took and Marty Feldman were given an award for the show by the actor Kenneth Horne. Kenneth fell from the podium after this and died.

Lionel Blair choreographed a routine from "It's Marty".

Awards

1969 BAFTA Television Awards

Best Light Entertainment Performer - won by Marty Feldman

Best Light Entertainment Production - won by Dennis Main-Wilson

Best Writer - won by Marty Feldman and Barry Took

1969 Writer's Guild of Great Britain Award

Best British Light Entertainment Script - won by the series writers of Marty and It's Marty

External links

Marty at the Internet Movie Database
Marty at BBC Online Comedy Guide

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