BBC-3 (TV series)

BBC-3
Genre
Presented by Robert Robinson
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 24
Production
Producer(s) Ned Sherrin
Broadcast
Original channel BBC One
Original run 1965 – 1966
Chronology
Preceded by Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life

BBC-3 was a BBC television programme, devised and produced by Ned Sherrin and hosted by Robert Robinson,[1] which aired for twenty-four hour-long editions during the winter of 1965–1966.

It was the third in a line of weekend satire-and-chat shows, successor to That Was The Week That Was and Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life, though David Frost did not participate in this series.

Regular performers included John Bird, Lynda Baron, David Batley, Roy Dotrice, Bill Oddie, and Leonard Rossiter.[1][2][3] Guests included Millicent Martin and Alan Bennett.[2] The musical director was Dave Lee.[1]

Swearing

In the edition of 13 November 1965, during a discussion on theatre censorship in which Robert Robinson and Mary McCarthy also participated, Kenneth Tynan became the first person ever to say 'fuck' on British television; he claimed, perhaps disingenuously, that the word no longer shocked anyone.[4] The storm which resulted forced the BBC to make a public apology for Tynan's comments.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Radio Times entry for BBC-3. 1965-10-16. BBC Television. BBC One.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Radio Times entry for BBC-3. 1965-11-27. BBC Television. BBC One.
  3. ↑ Radio Times entry for BBC-3. 1965-12-11. BBC Television. BBC One.
  4. ↑ "My TV 4-letter word by Tynan". Daily Mirror. 1965-11-15. p. 1.

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