The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d

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

The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d
Written by	Dave Freeman John Junkin Spike Milligan Terry Nation Eric Sykes
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
Original release
Network	Associated-Rediffusion
Release	24 February (1956-02-24) – 30 March 1956 (1956-03-30)

The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d was a 1956 British television series produced and directed by Richard Lester. Although written mainly by Spike Milligan, there were many contributions from members of Associated London Scripts, the writers' co-operative, including Dave Freeman, John Junkin and Terry Nation. Eric Sykes was credited as the script editor. It was made by Associated-Rediffusion during 1956 and was broadcast only in the London area.

It was the first real attempt to translate the humour of The Goon Show to television. It combined elements of a sitcom and sketch comedy with Peter Sellers as the editor of a fictional tatty Victorian newspaper, The Idiot Weekly. The headlines of the paper were used as links to comedy sketches.

It was followed in the same year by A Show Called Fred and Son of Fred. The title was revived by Milligan for his 1958 Australian radio series The Idiot Weekly.

Cast

• Peter Sellers
• Graham Stark
• Valentine Dyall
• Kenneth Connor
• Patti Lewis
• Spike Milligan
• Eric Sykes
• June Whitfield

External links

• BBC Comedy Guide - The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d