David Frost - Revision history

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	\| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|OBE}}		\| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|OBE}}
	\| image = David Frost.jpg		\| image = David Frost.jpg
	~~\| imagesize =~~		\| caption = Frost outside [[10 Downing Street]] in April 2009
	\| caption = Frost ~~during an interview with~~ [[~~Donald Rumsfeld\|Donald Rumsfeld~~]] in ~~2005~~
	\| birth_name = David Paradine Frost		\| birth_name = David Paradine Frost
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1939\|04\|07\|df=yes}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1939\|04\|07\|df=yes}}
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	In the late 1960s Frost began an intermittent involvement in the film industry. Setting up [[David Paradine Productions\|David Paradine Ltd]] in 1966,<ref name="Leapman">Michael Leapman [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sir-david-frost-pioneering-journalist-and-broadcaster-whose-fame-often-equalled-that-of-his-interviewees-8793246.html "Sir David Frost: Pioneering journalist and broadcaster whose fame often equalled that of his interviewees"], ''The Independent'', 1 September 2013</ref><ref>''The Daily Telegraph'' obituary says 'David Paradine Productions' was established in 1968.</ref> he part-financed ''[[The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer]]'' (1970), in which the lead character was based partly on Frost, and gained an executive producer credit. In 1976, Frost was the executive producer of the British [[musical film]] ''[[The Slipper and the Rose]]'', retelling the story of [[Cinderella]].		In the late 1960s Frost began an intermittent involvement in the film industry. Setting up [[David Paradine Productions\|David Paradine Ltd]] in 1966,<ref name="Leapman">Michael Leapman [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sir-david-frost-pioneering-journalist-and-broadcaster-whose-fame-often-equalled-that-of-his-interviewees-8793246.html "Sir David Frost: Pioneering journalist and broadcaster whose fame often equalled that of his interviewees"], ''The Independent'', 1 September 2013</ref><ref>''The Daily Telegraph'' obituary says 'David Paradine Productions' was established in 1968.</ref> he part-financed ''[[The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer]]'' (1970), in which the lead character was based partly on Frost, and gained an executive producer credit. In 1976, Frost was the executive producer of the British [[musical film]] ''[[The Slipper and the Rose]]'', retelling the story of [[Cinderella]].

	Frost was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)\|This Is Your Life]]'' in January 1972 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at London's [[Quaglino's]] restaurant.~~{{Citation needed\|date=September 2021}}~~		Frost was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)\|This Is Your Life]]'' in January 1972 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at London's [[Quaglino's]] restaurant.

	==American career from 1968 to 1980==		==American career from 1968 to 1980==

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	~~{{short description\|British television host, media personality, journalist, comedian, and writer (1939–2013)}}~~
	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| honorific_prefix = [[w:Sir\|Sir]]		\| honorific_prefix = [[Sir\|Sir]]
	\| name = David Frost		\| name = David Frost
	\| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|OBE}}		\| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|OBE}}
	\| image = David Frost ~~Rumsfeld interview cropped~~.jpg		\| image = David Frost.jpg
	\| imagesize =		\| imagesize =
	\| caption = Frost during an interview with [[w:Donald Rumsfeld\|Donald Rumsfeld]] in 2005		\| caption = Frost during an interview with [[Donald Rumsfeld\|Donald Rumsfeld]] in 2005
	\| birth_name = David Paradine Frost		\| birth_name = David Paradine Frost
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1939\|04\|07\|df=yes}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1939\|04\|07\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place = [[~~w:Tenterdenw:~~]], [[~~w:Kentw:~~]], England		\| birth_place = [[Tenterden]], [[Kent]], England
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2013\|08\|31\|1939\|04\|07\|df=yes}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2013\|08\|31\|1939\|04\|07\|df=yes}}
	\| death_place = {{ship\|MS\|Queen Elizabeth}}, [[w:Mediterranean Sea\|Mediterranean Sea]]		\| death_place = {{ship\|MS\|Queen Elizabeth}}, [[Mediterranean Sea\|Mediterranean Sea]]
	\| resting_place = Holy Trinity Churchyard, [[w:Nuffield, Oxfordshire\|Nuffield]], [[w:Oxfordshire\|Oxfordshire]], England		\| resting_place = Holy Trinity Churchyard, [[Nuffield, Oxfordshire\|Nuffield]], [[Oxfordshire\|Oxfordshire]], England
	\| known_for = {{Flatlist\|		\| known_for = {{Flatlist\|
	* ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]''		* ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]''
	* ''[[w:Through the Keyhole\|Through the Keyhole]]''		* ''[[Through the Keyhole\|Through the Keyhole]]''
	* ''[[w:Breakfast with Frost\|Breakfast with Frost]]''		* ''[[Breakfast with Frost\|Breakfast with Frost]]''
	* ''Frost on Sunday''		* ''Frost on Sunday''
	* [[w:TV-AM\|TV-AM]]		* [[TV-AM\|TV-AM]]
	* ''[[w:The Nixon Interviews\|The Nixon Interviews]]''		* ''[[The Nixon Interviews\|The Nixon Interviews]]''
	}}		}}
	\| occupation = {{Flatlist\|		\| occupation = {{Flatlist\|
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	* writer		* writer
	}}		}}
	\| education = [[w:Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge\|Gonville and Caius College]]		\| education = [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge\|Gonville and Caius College]]
	\| years_active = 1962–2013		\| years_active = 1962–2013
	\| spouse = {{Plainlist\|		\| spouse = {{Plainlist\|
	* {{marriage\|[[w:Lynne Frederick\|Lynne Frederick]]\|1981\|1982\|end=div}}		* {{marriage\|[[Lynne Frederick\|Lynne Frederick]]\|1981\|1982\|end=div}}
	* {{marriage\|Lady Carina Fitzalan-Howard\|1983}}		* {{marriage\|Lady Carina Fitzalan-Howard\|1983}}
	}}		}}
	\| partner = [[w:Diahann Carroll\|Diahann Carroll]] <br>(1970–1973)		\| partner = [[Diahann Carroll\|Diahann Carroll]] <br>(1970–1973)
	\| children = 3; including [[w:Wilfred Frost\|Wilfred]]		\| children = 3; including [[Wilfred Frost\|Wilfred]]
	}}		}}

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	Frost was chosen by writer and producer [[Ned Sherrin]] to host the satirical programme ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]'', or ''TW3'', after Frost's flatmate John Bird suggested Sherrin should see his act at The Blue Angel. The series, which ran for less than 18 months during 1962–63, was part of the [[satire boom]] in early 1960s Britain and became a popular programme.		Frost was chosen by writer and producer [[Ned Sherrin]] to host the satirical programme ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]'', or ''TW3'', after Frost's flatmate John Bird suggested Sherrin should see his act at The Blue Angel. The series, which ran for less than 18 months during 1962–63, was part of the [[satire boom]] in early 1960s Britain and became a popular programme.

	The involvement of Frost in ''TW3'' led to an intensification of the rivalry with Peter Cook who accused him of stealing material and dubbed Frost "the bubonic plagiarist".<ref name="Hattenstone">Simon Hattenstone [https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/jul/02/david-frost-interview-frost-nixon "The Saturday ~~interview:~~ David Frost"], ''The Guardian'', 2 July 2011</ref> The new satirical magazine ''[[Private Eye]]'' also mocked him at this time. Frost visited the U.S. during the break between the two series of ''TW3'' in the summer of 1963 and stayed with the producer of the New York City production of ''Beyond The Fringe''. Frost was unable to swim, but still jumped into the pool, and nearly drowned until he was saved by Peter Cook. At the memorial service for Cook in 1995, [[Alan Bennett]] recalled that rescuing Frost was the one regret Cook frequently expressed.<ref>Carpenter, ''That Was Satire That Was'', p. 261.</ref>		The involvement of Frost in ''TW3'' led to an intensification of the rivalry with Peter Cook who accused him of stealing material and dubbed Frost "the bubonic plagiarist".<ref name="Hattenstone">Simon Hattenstone [https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/jul/02/david-frost-interview-frost-nixon "The Saturday intervie David Frost"], ''The Guardian'', 2 July 2011</ref> The new satirical magazine ''[[Private Eye]]'' also mocked him at this time. Frost visited the U.S. during the break between the two series of ''TW3'' in the summer of 1963 and stayed with the producer of the New York City production of ''Beyond The Fringe''. Frost was unable to swim, but still jumped into the pool, and nearly drowned until he was saved by Peter Cook. At the memorial service for Cook in 1995, [[Alan Bennett]] recalled that rescuing Frost was the one regret Cook frequently expressed.<ref>Carpenter, ''That Was Satire That Was'', p. 261.</ref>

	For the first three editions of the second series in 1963, the BBC attempted to limit the team by scheduling repeats of ''[[The Third Man#Adaptations\|The Third Man]]'' television series after the programme, thus preventing overruns. Frost took to reading synopses of the episodes at the end of the programme as a means of sabotage. After the BBC's Director General [[Hugh Greene]]<!-- Not knighted until 1964. --> instructed that the repeats should be abandoned, ''TW3'' returned to being open-ended.<ref>Carpenter, ''That Was Satire That Was'', pp. 270-1</ref> More sombrely, on 23 November 1963, a tribute to the [[John F. Kennedy assassination\|assassinated President John F. Kennedy]], an event which had occurred the previous day, formed an entire edition of ''That Was the Week That Was''.<ref name="Leapman" />		For the first three editions of the second series in 1963, the BBC attempted to limit the team by scheduling repeats of ''[[The Third Man#Adaptations\|The Third Man]]'' television series after the programme, thus preventing overruns. Frost took to reading synopses of the episodes at the end of the programme as a means of sabotage. After the BBC's Director General [[Hugh Greene]]<!-- Not knighted until 1964. --> instructed that the repeats should be abandoned, ''TW3'' returned to being open-ended.<ref>Carpenter, ''That Was Satire That Was'', pp. 270-1</ref> More sombrely, on 23 November 1963, a tribute to the [[John F. Kennedy assassination\|assassinated President John F. Kennedy]], an event which had occurred the previous day, formed an entire edition of ''That Was the Week That Was''.<ref name="Leapman" />

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	{{short description\|British television host, media personality, journalist, comedian, and writer (1939–2013)}}		{{short description\|British television host, media personality, journalist, comedian, and writer (1939–2013)}}
	~~{{Other people}}~~
	~~{{Use dmy dates\|date=March 2020}}~~
	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| honorific_prefix = [[Sir]]		\| honorific_prefix = [[w:Sir\|Sir]]
	\| name = David Frost		\| name = David Frost
	\| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|OBE}}		\| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|OBE}}
	\| image = David Frost Rumsfeld interview cropped.jpg		\| image = David Frost Rumsfeld interview cropped.jpg
	\| imagesize =		\| imagesize =
	\| caption = Frost during an interview with [[Donald Rumsfeld]] in 2005		\| caption = Frost during an interview with [[w:Donald Rumsfeld\|Donald Rumsfeld]] in 2005
	\| birth_name = David Paradine Frost		\| birth_name = David Paradine Frost
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1939\|4\|7\|df=yes}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1939\|04\|07\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place = [[~~Tenterden~~]], [[~~Kent~~]], England		\| birth_place = [[w:Tenterdenw:]], [[w:Kentw:]], England
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2013\|8\|31\|1939\|4\|7\|df=yes}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2013\|08\|31\|1939\|04\|07\|df=yes}}
	\| death_place = {{ship\|MS\|Queen Elizabeth}}, [[Mediterranean Sea]]		\| death_place = {{ship\|MS\|Queen Elizabeth}}, [[w:Mediterranean Sea\|Mediterranean Sea]]
	\| resting_place = Holy Trinity Churchyard, [[Nuffield, Oxfordshire\|Nuffield]], [[Oxfordshire]], England		\| resting_place = Holy Trinity Churchyard, [[w:Nuffield, Oxfordshire\|Nuffield]], [[w:Oxfordshire\|Oxfordshire]], England
	\| known_for = {{Flatlist\|		\| known_for = {{Flatlist\|
	* ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]''		* ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]''
	* ''[[Through the Keyhole]]''		* ''[[w:Through the Keyhole\|Through the Keyhole]]''
	* ''[[Breakfast with Frost]]''		* ''[[w:Breakfast with Frost\|Breakfast with Frost]]''
	* ''Frost on Sunday''		* ''Frost on Sunday''
	* [[TV-AM]]		* [[w:TV-AM\|TV-AM]]
	* ''[[The Nixon Interviews]]''		* ''[[w:The Nixon Interviews\|The Nixon Interviews]]''
	}}		}}
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	}}		}}
	\| education = [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]]		\| education = [[w:Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge\|Gonville and Caius College]]
	\| years_active = 1962–2013		\| years_active = 1962–2013
	\| spouse = {{Plainlist\|		\| spouse = {{Plainlist\|
	* {{marriage\|[[Lynne Frederick]]\|1981\|1982\|end=div}}		* {{marriage\|[[w:Lynne Frederick\|Lynne Frederick]]\|1981\|1982\|end=div}}
	* {{marriage\|Lady Carina Fitzalan-Howard\|1983}}		* {{marriage\|Lady Carina Fitzalan-Howard\|1983}}
	}}		}}
	\| partner = [[Diahann Carroll]] <br>(1970–1973)		\| partner = [[w:Diahann Carroll\|Diahann Carroll]] <br>(1970–1973)
	\| children = 3; including [[Wilfred Frost\|Wilfred]]		\| children = 3; including [[w:Wilfred Frost\|Wilfred]]
	}}		}}

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	==External links==		==External links==
	~~{{Commons category\|David Frost}}~~
	~~{{Wikiquote}}~~
	* {{IMDb name\|id=0296484}}		* {{IMDb name\|id=0296484}}
	* {{C-SPAN\|4594}}		* {{C-SPAN\|4594}}
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	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209042755/http://www.tvcream.co.uk/?tag=david-frost David Frost] on TV Cream		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209042755/http://www.tvcream.co.uk/?tag=david-frost David Frost] on TV Cream
	* [http://www.tvcream.co.uk/?p=13290 TV Cream on Paradine Productions]		* [http://www.tvcream.co.uk/?p=13290 TV Cream on Paradine Productions]

	~~{{David Frost}}~~
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	~~\|title = Awards for David Frost~~
	~~\|list =~~
	~~{{BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award}}~~
	~~{{International Emmy Founders Award}}~~
	~~{{EmmyAward VarietyMusicComedy 1951–1975}}~~
	}}
	~~{{Al Jazeera English personalities}}~~

	~~{{Authority control}}~~

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	[[Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners]]		[[Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners]]
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	~~{{short description\|British television host, media personality, journalist, comedian, and writer (1939–2013)}}~~
	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| honorific_prefix = [[w:Sir\|Sir]]		\| honorific_prefix = [[Sir\|Sir]]
	\| name = David Frost		\| name = David Frost
	\| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|OBE}}		\| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|OBE}}
	\| image = David Frost ~~Rumsfeld interview cropped~~.jpg		\| image = David Frost.jpg
	\| imagesize =		\| imagesize =
	\| caption = Frost during an interview with [[w:Donald Rumsfeld\|Donald Rumsfeld]] in 2005		\| caption = Frost during an interview with [[Donald Rumsfeld\|Donald Rumsfeld]] in 2005
	\| birth_name = David Paradine Frost		\| birth_name = David Paradine Frost
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1939\|04\|07\|df=yes}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1939\|04\|07\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place = [[~~w:Tenterdenw:~~]], [[~~w:Kentw:~~]], England		\| birth_place = [[Tenterden]], [[Kent]], England
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2013\|08\|31\|1939\|04\|07\|df=yes}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2013\|08\|31\|1939\|04\|07\|df=yes}}
	\| death_place = {{ship\|MS\|Queen Elizabeth}}, [[w:Mediterranean Sea\|Mediterranean Sea]]		\| death_place = {{ship\|MS\|Queen Elizabeth}}, [[Mediterranean Sea\|Mediterranean Sea]]
	\| resting_place = Holy Trinity Churchyard, [[w:Nuffield, Oxfordshire\|Nuffield]], [[w:Oxfordshire\|Oxfordshire]], England		\| resting_place = Holy Trinity Churchyard, [[Nuffield, Oxfordshire\|Nuffield]], [[Oxfordshire\|Oxfordshire]], England
	\| known_for = {{Flatlist\|		\| known_for = {{Flatlist\|
	* ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]''		* ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]''
	* ''[[w:Through the Keyhole\|Through the Keyhole]]''		* ''[[Through the Keyhole\|Through the Keyhole]]''
	* ''[[w:Breakfast with Frost\|Breakfast with Frost]]''		* ''[[Breakfast with Frost\|Breakfast with Frost]]''
	* ''Frost on Sunday''		* ''Frost on Sunday''
	* [[w:TV-AM\|TV-AM]]		* [[TV-AM\|TV-AM]]
	* ''[[w:The Nixon Interviews\|The Nixon Interviews]]''		* ''[[The Nixon Interviews\|The Nixon Interviews]]''
	}}		}}
	\| occupation = {{Flatlist\|		\| occupation = {{Flatlist\|
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	}}		}}
	\| education = [[w:Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge\|Gonville and Caius College]]		\| education = [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge\|Gonville and Caius College]]
	\| years_active = 1962–2013		\| years_active = 1962–2013
	\| spouse = {{Plainlist\|		\| spouse = {{Plainlist\|
	* {{marriage\|[[w:Lynne Frederick\|Lynne Frederick]]\|1981\|1982\|end=div}}		* {{marriage\|[[Lynne Frederick\|Lynne Frederick]]\|1981\|1982\|end=div}}
	* {{marriage\|Lady Carina Fitzalan-Howard\|1983}}		* {{marriage\|Lady Carina Fitzalan-Howard\|1983}}
	}}		}}
	\| partner = [[w:Diahann Carroll\|Diahann Carroll]] <br>(1970–1973)		\| partner = [[Diahann Carroll\|Diahann Carroll]] <br>(1970–1973)
	\| children = 3; including [[w:Wilfred Frost\|Wilfred]]		\| children = 3; including [[Wilfred Frost\|Wilfred]]
	}}		}}

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	Frost was chosen by writer and producer [[Ned Sherrin]] to host the satirical programme ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]'', or ''TW3'', after Frost's flatmate John Bird suggested Sherrin should see his act at The Blue Angel. The series, which ran for less than 18 months during 1962–63, was part of the [[satire boom]] in early 1960s Britain and became a popular programme.		Frost was chosen by writer and producer [[Ned Sherrin]] to host the satirical programme ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]'', or ''TW3'', after Frost's flatmate John Bird suggested Sherrin should see his act at The Blue Angel. The series, which ran for less than 18 months during 1962–63, was part of the [[satire boom]] in early 1960s Britain and became a popular programme.

	The involvement of Frost in ''TW3'' led to an intensification of the rivalry with Peter Cook who accused him of stealing material and dubbed Frost "the bubonic plagiarist".<ref name="Hattenstone">Simon Hattenstone [https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/jul/02/david-frost-interview-frost-nixon "The Saturday ~~interview:~~ David Frost"], ''The Guardian'', 2 July 2011</ref> The new satirical magazine ''[[Private Eye]]'' also mocked him at this time. Frost visited the U.S. during the break between the two series of ''TW3'' in the summer of 1963 and stayed with the producer of the New York City production of ''Beyond The Fringe''. Frost was unable to swim, but still jumped into the pool, and nearly drowned until he was saved by Peter Cook. At the memorial service for Cook in 1995, [[Alan Bennett]] recalled that rescuing Frost was the one regret Cook frequently expressed.<ref>Carpenter, ''That Was Satire That Was'', p. 261.</ref>		The involvement of Frost in ''TW3'' led to an intensification of the rivalry with Peter Cook who accused him of stealing material and dubbed Frost "the bubonic plagiarist".<ref name="Hattenstone">Simon Hattenstone [https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/jul/02/david-frost-interview-frost-nixon "The Saturday intervie David Frost"], ''The Guardian'', 2 July 2011</ref> The new satirical magazine ''[[Private Eye]]'' also mocked him at this time. Frost visited the U.S. during the break between the two series of ''TW3'' in the summer of 1963 and stayed with the producer of the New York City production of ''Beyond The Fringe''. Frost was unable to swim, but still jumped into the pool, and nearly drowned until he was saved by Peter Cook. At the memorial service for Cook in 1995, [[Alan Bennett]] recalled that rescuing Frost was the one regret Cook frequently expressed.<ref>Carpenter, ''That Was Satire That Was'', p. 261.</ref>

	For the first three editions of the second series in 1963, the BBC attempted to limit the team by scheduling repeats of ''[[The Third Man#Adaptations\|The Third Man]]'' television series after the programme, thus preventing overruns. Frost took to reading synopses of the episodes at the end of the programme as a means of sabotage. After the BBC's Director General [[Hugh Greene]]<!-- Not knighted until 1964. --> instructed that the repeats should be abandoned, ''TW3'' returned to being open-ended.<ref>Carpenter, ''That Was Satire That Was'', pp. 270-1</ref> More sombrely, on 23 November 1963, a tribute to the [[John F. Kennedy assassination\|assassinated President John F. Kennedy]], an event which had occurred the previous day, formed an entire edition of ''That Was the Week That Was''.<ref name="Leapman" />		For the first three editions of the second series in 1963, the BBC attempted to limit the team by scheduling repeats of ''[[The Third Man#Adaptations\|The Third Man]]'' television series after the programme, thus preventing overruns. Frost took to reading synopses of the episodes at the end of the programme as a means of sabotage. After the BBC's Director General [[Hugh Greene]]<!-- Not knighted until 1964. --> instructed that the repeats should be abandoned, ''TW3'' returned to being open-ended.<ref>Carpenter, ''That Was Satire That Was'', pp. 270-1</ref> More sombrely, on 23 November 1963, a tribute to the [[John F. Kennedy assassination\|assassinated President John F. Kennedy]], an event which had occurred the previous day, formed an entire edition of ''That Was the Week That Was''.<ref name="Leapman" />