Reviews for the program were mixed. Critic Marjorie Bilbow in The Stage and Television Today wrote the following about the program's sketches, "Not every item was equally successful, but the standard was high enough to put this series into that rare class of comedy show that can be enjoyed on several levels." The review in the Television Mail was more critical, stating: "'World in Ferment' must be regarded as a failure to realize an idea — an idea which in no doubt made everyone fall about laughing when they first talked about it... It is essentially verbal fun, even literary fun, which does not translate well into visual terms."[3]
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^ abcMarjorie Bilbow (3 July 1969). "TELEVISION TODAY; Reviews: In a rare class of comedy show". The Stage and Television Today (4603): 12.
world, ferment, 1969, british, television, satire, series, which, parodied, current, affairs, programs, celebrities, broadcasters, series, written, simpson, produced, sherrin, directed, roger, ordish, series, aired, season, consisting, episodes, series, starre. World in Ferment is a 1969 British television satire series which parodied current affairs programs celebrities and broadcasters 1 The series was written by N F Simpson produced by Ned Sherrin and directed by Roger Ordish 1 2 The series aired on BBC 2 for one season consisting of six episodes 2 The series starred Jack Shepherd as Doug Searchbaker Irene Handl as Madame Astoria Dinsdale Landen as Chris Champers Angela Thorne as Nancy Chuff John Bird as Gerald Pikestaff Eleanor Bron as Hildegarde Schindelstein and actors Doug Fisher Queenie Watts and Arthur Blake transforming into a variety of roles in sketch comedy fashion 1 2 Reviews for the program were mixed Critic Marjorie Bilbow in The Stage and Television Today wrote the following about the program s sketches Not every item was equally successful but the standard was high enough to put this series into that rare class of comedy show that can be enjoyed on several levels The review in the Television Mail was more critical stating World in Ferment must be regarded as a failure to realize an idea an idea which in no doubt made everyone fall about laughing when they first talked about it It is essentially verbal fun even literary fun which does not translate well into visual terms 3 References edit a b c Marjorie Bilbow 3 July 1969 TELEVISION TODAY Reviews In a rare class of comedy show The Stage and Television Today 4603 12 a b c WORLD IN FERMENT The Listener 82 113 June 1969 cyclops 8 August 1969 Professional eye on programmes Television Mail Vol 17 no 47 p 22 External links editWorld in Ferment at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title World in Ferment amp oldid 1082576714, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
