Swizzlewick
Swizzlewick was a twice weekly 1964 BBC comedy drama series about the day-to-day events of a local council in a fictional Midlands town. The writers included David Turner who created the series.
This series is principally remembered as an early target of 'Clean Up TV' campaigner Mary Whitehouse. An episode in August 1964 featured Mrs Smallgood, a parody of her, who was depicted launching a "Freedom from Sex" campaign with a friend. A scene with a prostitute was cut from another episode of the series, after a television studio worker leaked an advance copy of the script to her. She was told "It's too late to re-shoot.", and answered "I don't want re-shooting, I want cuts." She delivered a letter of complaint in person to the Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, who appears to have passed the matter on to the BBC, and the scene Mrs Whitehouse found offensive was cut. Turner resigned from the series.
Year: 1964
Genre: Drama
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: BBC One
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Cast: Arnold Peters, Patrick Mower, Martin Wyldeck, Gillian Royale, Nancie Jackson, Margot Boyd
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First Air Date: Aug 18, 1964
Last Air date: Nov 13, 1964
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 26 Episode
Runtime: 26 minutes
IMDb: 9.00/10 by 1.00 users
Popularity: 0.6437
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Season
Season 1
Episode
The Bodies
Rearing Its Ugly Head
Campaigners All
How to Make £250,000
The Unspotted Genius
Burnt Umber with Graining
Jam and Maggots
Dead Image
A Reputation Cleared
In for a Penny
The Value of Silence
A Proposal of Marriage
A Very Important Occasion
Dog Lovers Unite!
A Threat from Outside
Dead Reckoning
Blackmail
The Best Method of Defence
Council of War
A Spy in the Camp
A New Plan
Balance of Power
The Exercise
The Spider's Web
An Important Discovery
The Axe Falls
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