That Was the Week That Was (TW3)

TW3 on Youtube

I chose to do my research on the Show “That Was The Week That Was.” We had watched a little clip in class and I thought this would be an interesting pick. This video was kind of a shock for me because I was surprised they would address the topic this way. The woman sang about African Americans hanging from trees because she was addressing the racism in the south. This show was obviously satrical, but this song in my eyes may have been taken too far. I don’t think the use of the “n” word is appropriate in any way, even if they were trying to “make humor” on the topic. From some research I found an article that was interesting. It said, “The idea for That Was the Week That Was (which familiarly became known as TW3) came partly from the then director general of the BBC, Hugh Greene, who wanted to “prick the pomposity of public figures.'” I was unsure of what the word “pomposity” meant so I looked it up in the dictonary and found: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity. So the shows intent was to comment on the way that some public figures acted by thinking that they were better than others and having excessive pride in themselves.

CAST

David Frost
Millicent Martin
Bernard Levin
Lance Percival
Roy Kinnear
William Rushton
Timothy Birdsall
John Wells
Kenneth Cope
David Kernan
Al Mancini
John Bird
Eleanor Bron
Roy Hudd

PRODUCER Ned Sherrin

PROGRAMMING HISTORY 36 50 Minute Episodes 1 150 Minute Special 1 100 Minute Special

BBC
29 September 1962 150 Minute Special
24 November 1962-27 April 1963 23 Episodes
28 September 1963-21 December 1963 13 Episodes
28 December 1963 100 Minute Special