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	'''''Before the Fringe''''' was a [[w:BBC\|BBC]] television series which ran for two series on [[w:BBC2\|BBC2]] in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/before_the_fringe/\|title=Before The Fringe - BBC2 Sketch Show\|first=British Comedy\|last=Guide\|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>		'''''Before the Fringe''''' was a [[w:BBC\|BBC]] television series which ran for two series on [[w:BBC2\|BBC2]] in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/before_the_fringe/\|title=Before The Fringe - BBC2 Sketch Show\|first=British Comedy\|last=Guide\|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>

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'''''Before the Fringe''''' was a [[BBC]] television series which ran for two series on [[BBC2]] in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/before_the_fringe/|title=Before The Fringe - BBC2 Sketch Show|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>

The first series ran for eight episodes between 30 January and 20 March 1967.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ee09a076d3c1442eae2544ef2351892f|title=Broadcast - BBC Programme Index|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref name=bfiseriesoneep8/> The second series of six episodes ran between 18 September and 23 October 1967.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ba85738467fd4330b4ea4a5ba180e539|title=Broadcast - BBC Programme Index|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f8f88d54bd424248a4c0e0a150804aef|title=Broadcast - BBC Programme Index|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

[[Alan Melville (writer)|Alan Melville]] was the guiding light behind this series which attempted to showcase on television some of the best aspects of pre-''Before the Fringe'' [[revue]].<ref name=bfiseriesoneep8>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6f31cc82|title=Before the Fringe[20/03/67] (1967)|website=BFI}}</ref> Before the 1960s [[Cambridge Footlights]] graduates took it by storm, the medium had been a much more gentler, broader affair.

These two series of sketches were made up by performers who had been veterans of such shows. They included:

*[[Alan Melville (writer)|Alan Melville]] (all programmes)
*[[Joan Sims]] (seven programmes)
*[[Ronnie Barker]] (six programmes)
*[[Dora Bryan]] (five programmes)
*[[Beryl Reid]] (four programmes)
*[[Douglas Byng]] (four programmes)
*[[Hermione Baddeley]] (four programmes)
*[[Hugh Paddick]] (three programmes)
*[[Dilys Laye]] (three programmes)
*[[Hermione Gingold]] (two programmes)
*[[Cicely Courtneidge]] (two programmes)
*[[Betty Marsden]] (two programmes)
*[[Eunice Gayson]] (two programmes)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8958015a|title=Before the Fringe[30/01/67] (1967)|website=BFI}}</ref>

Various guest stars were featured, including [[Robert Dorning]], [[Stanley Holloway]], [[Thora Hird]], [[Brenda Bruce]], [[Wilfrid Brambell]], [[Dame Edith Evans]], [[Bud Flanagan]], [[Peter Jones (actor)|Peter Jones]], [[Patrick Cargill]] and [[Barbara Windsor]].

==Bibliography==
Mark Lewisohn, ''Radio Times Guide To TV Comedy'', 2005 ({{ISBN|0563487550}})

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121108193645/http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0274239/ Before the Fringe (TV Series 1967– ) - IMDb]

[[Category:1967 British television series debuts]]
[[Category:BBC television dramas]]
[[Category:1960s British television sketch shows]]

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	'''''Before the Fringe''''' was a [[BBC]] television series which ran for two series on [[BBC2]] in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/before_the_fringe/\|title=Before The Fringe - BBC2 Sketch Show\|first=British Comedy\|last=Guide\|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>		'''''Before the Fringe''''' was a [[w:BBC\|BBC]] television series which ran for two series on [[w:BBC2\|BBC2]] in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/before_the_fringe/\|title=Before The Fringe - BBC2 Sketch Show\|first=British Comedy\|last=Guide\|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>

	The first series ran for eight episodes between 30 January and 20 March 1967.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ee09a076d3c1442eae2544ef2351892f\|title=Broadcast - BBC Programme Index\|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref name=bfiseriesoneep8/> The second series of six episodes ran between 18 September and 23 October 1967.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ba85738467fd4330b4ea4a5ba180e539\|title=Broadcast - BBC Programme Index\|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f8f88d54bd424248a4c0e0a150804aef\|title=Broadcast - BBC Programme Index\|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>		The first series ran for eight episodes between 30 January and 20 March 1967.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ee09a076d3c1442eae2544ef2351892f\|title=Broadcast - BBC Programme Index\|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref name=bfiseriesoneep8/> The second series of six episodes ran between 18 September and 23 October 1967.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ba85738467fd4330b4ea4a5ba180e539\|title=Broadcast - BBC Programme Index\|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f8f88d54bd424248a4c0e0a150804aef\|title=Broadcast - BBC Programme Index\|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

	[[Alan Melville (writer)\|Alan Melville]] was the guiding light behind this series which attempted to showcase on television some of the best aspects of pre-''Before the Fringe'' [[revue]].<ref name=bfiseriesoneep8>{{Cite web\|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6f31cc82\|title=Before the Fringe[20/03/67] (1967)\|website=BFI}}</ref> Before the 1960s [[Cambridge Footlights]] graduates took it by storm, the medium had been a much more gentler, broader affair.		[[Alan Melville (writer)\|Alan Melville]] was the guiding light behind this series which attempted to showcase on television some of the best aspects of pre-''Before the Fringe'' [[w:revue\|revue]].<ref name=bfiseriesoneep8>{{Cite web\|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6f31cc82\|title=Before the Fringe[20/03/67] (1967)\|website=BFI}}</ref> Before the 1960s [[w:Cambridge Footlights\|Cambridge Footlights]] graduates took it by storm, the medium had been a much more gentler, broader affair.

	These two series of sketches were made up by performers who had been veterans of such shows. They included:		These two series of sketches were made up by performers who had been veterans of such shows. They included:
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	*[[Eunice Gayson]] (two programmes)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8958015a\|title=Before the Fringe[30/01/67] (1967)\|website=BFI}}</ref>		*[[Eunice Gayson]] (two programmes)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8958015a\|title=Before the Fringe[30/01/67] (1967)\|website=BFI}}</ref>

	Various guest stars were featured, including [[Robert Dorning]], [[Stanley Holloway]], [[Thora Hird]], [[Brenda Bruce]], [[Wilfrid Brambell]], [[Dame Edith ~~Evans~~]], [[Bud Flanagan]], [[Peter Jones (actor)\|Peter Jones]], [[Patrick Cargill]] and [[Barbara Windsor]].		Various guest stars were featured, including [[Robert Dorning]], [[Stanley Holloway]], [[Thora Hird]], [[Brenda Bruce]], [[Wilfrid Brambell]], [[w:Dame Edith Evan\|s]], [[Bud Flanagan]], [[Peter Jones (actor)\|Peter Jones]], [[Patrick Cargill]] and [[Barbara Windsor]].

	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121108193645/http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0274239/ Before the Fringe (TV Series 1967– ) - IMDb]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121108193645/http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0274239/ Before the Fringe (TV Series 1967– ) - IMDb]



	[[Category:1967 British television series debuts]]		[[Category:1967 British television series debuts]]
	[[Category:BBC television dramas]]		[[Category:BBC television dramas]]
	[[Category:1960s British television sketch shows]]		[[Category:1960s British television sketch shows]]