TV series

The World of Beachcomber

1968–1969, English, on BBC Two. Created by Duncan Wood & John Howard Davies.

The World of Beachcomber was a surreal television comedy show produced by the BBC, inspired by the Beachcomber column in the Daily Express newspaper. The show, like the column, consisted of a series of unrelated pieces of humour. Links between the items were provided by Spike Milligan, dressed in a smoking jacket and cap, as in the cartoon logo above the newspaper column. The other actors were a Who's Who of British comedy of the time, encompassing almost every supporting player seen or heard in comedy, not excluding people of diminutive stature.

Seasons

2

Episodes

19

Episode length

30 min

Status

Ended in 1969