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Pho dine BBC television programme, transmitted on November 23, 1963 with » KENNETH COPE + DAVID KERNAN +» ROY KINNEAR * ROBERT LANG * BERNARD LEVIN » AL MANCINI « »* WILLIAM RUSHTON Guest: DAME SYBIL THORNDIKE Music Composed and Directed by DAVE LEE Written by: CHRISTOPHER BOOKER * * DAVID FROST » HERBERT KRETZMER * BERNARD LEVIN Compiled and Produced by Production Assistants: JOHN BASSETT + JOHN DUNCAN » ALISON MARRIOTT + GAVIN MILLAR

“THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS” is a weekly His Years,” so that Dave Lee could start composing arrived at the studio just before we finished rehearsing, BBC show which is transmitted late on Saturday nights the tune: and Bernard Levin agreed to devote his piece at the same time that David Frost was putting his finish- and combines caustic comment and biting satire on the to a consideration of the potentialities of the new Presi- ing touches to his own script. © week’s news. On the night of President Kennedy’s assas- dent. By about 4 p.m. the first two items were virtually The studio audience who had come expecting the sination, the production team were at the Dorchester completed and Millicent Martin was able to start learn- usual acid comedy show were warned that we had had Hotel to receive a special award for the programme ing her song; but two essential qualities still seemed to to change our plans. from the Guild of Television Producers. The news be missing from the programme. There was as yet no “TW3” is unique among comedy shows in that it reached us just before the award was presented and reference to the grief of Mrs. Kennedy, nor was there tries to record faithfully the atmosphere of a week; to plans were immediately discussed to include a tribute any item which caught the atmosphere of an oration, maintain a consistent, witty, questioning point of view; to President Kennedy in the programme the next day. with that heightening of language and formalised dis- to be outspoken, challenging and iconoclastic. It is diff- We telephoned several of the distinguished writers who tinction that such an occasion demands. Caryl Brahms cult for us to know how valid or how valuable our com- work for the programme but no final decision was made was asked to write the lines “To Jackie” at about ments on the late President are, conceived and delivered as to what form the tribute should take. The next morn- 9 p.m. in the evening and Dame Sybil Thorndike agreed as they were, in the haste and emotion of the moment; ing we rehearsed the rest of the show until lunch time; to deliver them at 7 p.m. Bernard Levin started work but it has been immensely rewarding to find from let- but by then it was clear that the mood of the day would on the oration at 7:30—remembering that this was after ters, telephone calls and telegrams that many people in make it impossible for us to transmit any part of our all a week of the anniversary of the Gettysburg address America who had never seen the programme before and usual satirical material. We released the cast until new —and with a copy of that address beside him to inform perhaps never heard of it found the treatment responsi- material could be written for them. his style. After two false starts he completed the speech ble, precise, pointed and proper; and that people in First Christopher Booker came up with the series of at 8:30. It was taken to Robert Lang who was to deliver England who have watched us regularly and found us personal statements that formed the opening it, at the of the pro- Old Vic, where he was playing the Player in the past provocative and amusing, felt that on this gramme and of this record: Herbert Kretzmer produced King in the National Theatre production of Hamlet. occasion we were consistent. the opening lines for his song “In The Summer Of He came off stage at 9:30 and he and Dame Sybil NED SHERRIN

David Frost was born in 1939. After leav- Roy Kinnear joined R.A.D.A. in Al Mancini was born in Ohio. He began PRODUCERS ing Cambridge he spent a year combining and acted in repertory all over England his acting career in New York and did work with ITV in London with cabaret and and Scotland. In Glasgow he acted in off-Broadway shows, Music Hall shows, Ned Sherrin was educated at Exeter College, Oxford writing. In August 1962 he left ITV to Scottish television and in the revue ‘‘Five and television. He then acted in ‘“‘The where he studied law, and at Gray’s Inn. He joined prepare for ‘‘That Was The Week That Past Eight.’ He has appeared in many Red Eye of Love’’ followed by ‘The the BBC as a producer in June 1957, and during July Was.’’ He combines writing for and doing films, the latest being ‘‘Sparrows Can’t Premise’ and came over with the latter he produced “‘Line Up For Tonight’’ and later became TW3 with cabaret, theatre, a regular col- Sing’’ and ‘‘Heavens Above.’’ play to London. He joined TW3 in Janu- Production Assistant (Light Entertainment) for ‘To- umn in the OBSERVER. ary and has been with it ever since. night.’ In October of the same year he was appointed Producer, Television Light Entertainment Depart- ment. In November 1963, as producer of the televi- sion series ‘'That Was The Week That Was,’’ he was given Millicent Martin has appeared in London Robert Lang is a member of the National Lance Percival having served in the Army, The Guild of Television Producers and Directors in “Expresso Bongo,’’ ‘‘The Crooked Theatre Company and has made frequent went to Montreal where he founded Special Award. Mile’’ and ‘‘The Lord Chamberlain Re- appearances on TW3. He has also acted a Calypso Band and toured Canada and grets,’’ and also ‘“‘The Boyfriend’”’ in the in Sir Laurence Olivier’s Chichester Com- the United States. He returned to Eng- WRITERS United States. She also appeared in the pany and repertory Companies throughout land in 1958 and went into cabaret, and film ‘‘Girl on a Boat’ and her new film Great Britain including Bristol Old Vic. pe ucared in the revue ‘‘One Over the Christopher Booker, like many other writers for this “Nothing but the Best’’ will be released ig a! programme, has been writing for TW3 since the be- next Spring. ginning. He was the first editor of ‘Private Eye’’ magazine.

Caryl Brahms, a drama critic, novelist, Playwright and a leading authority on ballet. Kenneth Cope began his acting career in Dave Lee is the musical director of TW3 1950 up in Liverpool and two years later William Rushton joined the Editorial and one of the leading British Jazz Herbert Kretzmer is a South he moved to Bristol where he studied at board of ‘‘Private Eye’’ magazine in 1961. African, journalist, song pianists. He has written, with Herbert His first BBC television appearance was writer and drama critic of The Daily Express. the Old Vic. He went to London in 1953 Kretzmer, a forthcoming musical version where he appeared in many productions. in 1962 in ‘‘Tonight’’ and in November His screen debut was in ‘‘Street of Shad- of ‘‘The Admirable Crichton.’’ of the same year he made his first ap- pearance on ‘‘That Was The Week That ows’’ and since then he has made many The program “‘TW3’’ is produced appearances in films and on television. Was.”’ and telecast by BBC, which is copyright owner of the program and has licensed this recording to Decca Records, Inc. BBC will donate royalties to charity.

David Kernan has appeared in London in Bernard Levin began his career as a jour- ‘‘Where’s Charley,’ ‘‘On the Brighter Dame Sybil Thorndike is one of the nalist on the magazine ‘‘Proof.’’ He con- Photos Courtesy Side’? and ‘‘Christmas Carol.’’ He has tributes to many journals, among them glories of the English theater. During a also been in two films ‘‘Mix Me a Per- the ‘‘Spectator’”’ and has lately been writ- career of almost sixty years, Dame Sybil son’’ and ‘‘Jail Break,’’ as well as a ing for the ‘‘Daily Mail.’’ He is now more has played an enormous range of roles— BBC and Lewis Morley Studios large number of television programmes generally known as a drama critic, Greek tragedy, Shakespeare, Sheridan, before TW3. though he built his reputation as an out- Galsworthy, Ibsen, and Shaw, to name Produced for records by MILT GABLER spoken and witty political commentator. but a few—and has appeared in nearly a score of memorable films. Printed in U.S.A.

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