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    Dig This Rhubarb

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    1 9 6 3 – 1 9 6 4 (UK)
    14 x 40 minute episodes

    Dig This Rhubarb first aired on BBC1 on 6 October 1963. The live-to-air Sunday night series was originally titled The Company of Six but was quickly – and radically – renamed.

    Alternating with Monitor, the show commented in an amusing way on items that were not necessarily in the news but with which people were preoccupied. Four or five topics were covered in each programme, including subjects such as attitude to royalty, capital punishment and the iniquities of the younger generation.

    The series initially featured Clive Swift, Robin Ray, Tony Beckley, Terence Brady, John Gower and Anne Jameson.

    Tony Beckley
    Terence Brady
    Andrew Downie
    John Fortune
    John Gower
    William Holmes
    Marian Diamond
    Anne Jameson
    Robin Ray
    Clive Swift
    Bronwen Williams

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