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The 1967 ITV series 'At Last the 1948 Show' was a forerunner to the legendary and anarchic comedy sketch series 'Monty Python's Flying Circus', first screened on BBC in 1969. The show was written by, and featured, future Monty Python team members John Cleese and Graham Chapman, as well as comedians Tim Brooke-Taylor and Marty Feldman. Apart from the 'Monty Python' legacy, 'At Last the 1948 Show' was significant in helping to establish the careers of Marty Feldman who went on to star in his own shows and Tim Brooke-Taylor who went on to form part of 'The Goodies' (1970-77). The shows were only broadcast in a small number of ITV regions and only in the London area were all thirteen shown in full and in the correct order. After the end of Rediffusion's franchise, many of the recordings of the shows were lost and only two of the shows survived. However, the bfi has rescued and preserved three additional complete shows and five compilations as part of the Missing Believed Wiped campaign. Other Missing Believed Wiped finds include episodes from series' of, 'Steptoe and Son', 'Doctor Who', 'Quatermass', and 'The Avengers'. |
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