Bernard Levin (1928-2004)
Edwin King
See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3549674.stm
Brian Watson
"Edwin King" <edwin...@DESPAMvirgin.net> wrote in message
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> The BBC is reporting the death of the writer Bernard Levin on 7 Aug aged
75.
>
> See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3549674.stm
My Mum worked with his brother during the 60s.
Bernard got a smack in the mouth live, on air, in a satire program called
That Was The Week That Was which was hosted by David Frost. It was from
someone Levin had insulted the previous week.
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Brian
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Bob Champ
>
> See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3549674.stm
Wish we could have seen the British version of "That Was the Week that
Was" here in the states. It sounds grand.
Bob Champ
Edwin King
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75.
>
> See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3549674.stm
>
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/story.jsp?story=549812
Guardian obit at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1279720,00.html
Scotsman obit at http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/obituaries.cfm
Times (his home paper) at
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1209497,00.html
Brian Watson
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It was great. Fresh, innovative, satire with some of the best performers of
the day.
Cast included (don't know how many of these will be familiar outside the UK)
Millicent Martin, Roy Kinnear, Willie Ruston, John Bird, Lance Percival
(with a weekly topical calypso). I think Peter Cook may have been involved
too - he was certainly involved in the whole satire movement at the time.
Bernard Levin did a weekly monologue attacking one of the establishment
figures of the time (which was what got him punched).
Producer on the show was Ned Sherrin.
Jed
wrote:
Sadly, there are a number of very good British shows that will never
see the light on this side of the pond because of their dependence on
current events. The powers that be feel Americans just won't get it.
For example:
Have I Got News for You
Spitting Image
Drop the Dead Donkey
These are probably getting a bit long in the tooth or even off the air
but I hope their are replacements that are just as good.
S.
>It was great. Fresh, innovative, satire with some of the best performers of
>the day.
It certainly was. There is absolutely nothing to compare showing these
days.
>Bernard Levin did a weekly monologue attacking one of the establishment
>figures of the time (which was what got him punched).
Not really. The guy who confronted him (didn't actually land the punch
due to Levin's deft footwork) was the co-producer of a play in the
West End called "Savagery and The Light", in which his wife was
appearing in the lead role. Levin wrote a theatre criticism piece
tearing into it ruthlessly, and there was no real "studio security" in
those days.
Ah.... the 60's. There was talent around then.
April Cool
<slot...@example.com.invalid> wrote:
Drop the Dead Donkey has played in the USA, on Comedy Central. It was
brought over when they were looking for another AbFab-sized hit. They
didn't find one.
Spitting Image has been here in one form or another, off and on, since
the 1980s.
April Cool
<ne...@spheroid.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Ned Sherrin was the host of a clever PBS panel show called We Interrupt
This Week. That was back in the late 1970s.
He is also listed as a producer of both the U.S. and UK versions of
That Was the Week That Was by the IMDb.
Brian Watson
"S." <som...@somewhere.not> wrote in message
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> >Bernard Levin did a weekly monologue attacking one of the establishment
> >figures of the time (which was what got him punched).
>
> Not really. The guy who confronted him (didn't actually land the punch
> due to Levin's deft footwork) was the co-producer of a play in the
> West End called "Savagery and The Light", in which his wife was
> appearing in the lead role. Levin wrote a theatre criticism piece
> tearing into it ruthlessly, and there was no real "studio security" in
> those days.
That's right. Sorry, my memory of it hasn't aged well!
:-)
Brian Watson
"Jed" <slot...@example.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> Sadly, there are a number of very good British shows that will never
> see the light on this side of the pond because of their dependence on
> current events. The powers that be feel Americans just won't get it.
> For example:
>
> Have I Got News for You
> Spitting Image
> Drop the Dead Donkey
>
> These are probably getting a bit long in the tooth or even off the air
> but I hope their are replacements that are just as good.
HIGNFY is still running in seasons (off at the moment for summer holidays).
SI and DTDD are both (plus reruns of old HIGNFYs) playing on satellite
channels in the uk now.
Brigid Nelson
> On 9 Aug 2004 16:59:50 -0700, robertc...@yahoo.com (Bob Champ)
> wrote:
>
>
>>"Edwin King" <edwin...@DESPAMvirgin.net> wrote in message news:<7TORc.203$YY4...@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net>...
>>
>>>The BBC is reporting the death of the writer Bernard Levin on 7 Aug aged 75.
>>>
>>>See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3549674.stm
>>
>>Wish we could have seen the British version of "That Was the Week that
>>Was" here in the states. It sounds grand.
>
>
> Sadly, there are a number of very good British shows that will never
> see the light on this side of the pond because of their dependence on
> current events. The powers that be feel Americans just won't get it.
> For example:
>
> Have I Got News for You
> Spitting Image
> Drop the Dead Donkey
My lo-cal PBS station aired Drop the Dead Donkey several years ago.
Not one of my favorites,
brigid
Mike Cawood, HND BIT
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Bernard Levin will be greatly missed.
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> "Bob Champ" <robertc...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
performers of
> the day.
>
> Cast included (don't know how many of these will be familiar outside
the UK)
> Millicent Martin, Roy Kinnear, Willie Ruston, John Bird, Lance
Percival
> (with a weekly topical calypso). I think Peter Cook may have been
involved
> too - he was certainly involved in the whole satire movement at the
time.
>
> Bernard Levin did a weekly monologue attacking one of the
establishment
> figures of the time (which was what got him punched).
>
> Producer on the show was Ned Sherrin.
>
> --
> Brian
> Sig: <<I have nothing to say>>
>
>
The prog was introduced by David Frost.
Another figure in it who is still very much with us was Kenneth Cope.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/t/thatwastheweekth_7776280.shtml
Michael Rhodes
<Memorial Service<
<A service of thanksgiving for the life of Bernard Levin>
<Mr Bernard Levin>
Mr Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation, and Mr Les Hinton,
executive chairman of News International, were represented by Mr James
MacManus, chief executive officer of Times Supplements, at a service of
thanksgiving for the life and work of Mr Bernard Levin, columnist for
The Times and author, held 21 Oct, 2004 at St Martin-in-the-Fields,
Trafalgar Square.
The Rev Nicholas Holtam officiated. Ms Liz Anderson read a passage from
Enough Said by Bernard, Miss Billie Whitelaw read Quoting Shakespeare
by Bernard, and Dame Maggie Smith read Heaven by A. S. J. Tessimond.
Sir David Frost, Ms Bel Mooney and Sir Simon Jenkins gave addresses.
The Right Rev Michael Marshall, an Assistant Bishop of London,
pronounced the blessing. During the service the Duke Quartet played
from the works of Schubert and Mozart, and members of Conchord played
from the works of Wagner.
Among others present were: Mr and Mrs Bert Schweizer (brother-in-law
and sister), Mr and Mrs David Schweizer, Mrs Kitty Racklin, Ms Toni
Racklin, Mr Clive Donner, Mr David Racklin, Miss Sarah Anderson, Mr
James Anderson, Mr and Mrs Mark Shearring, Ms Alice Anderson, Ms Emily
Balfour, Mr Alexander Balfour. Polly Marchioness of Lansdowne, Viscount
and Viscountess Norwich, Lord Rees-Mogg, Lady Lever of Manchester, Lady
Soames, Lord and Lady Moser, Lord Garel-Jones (Investment Banking UPS),
Lord Grabiner, QC, Baroness Rawlings, Lord Sterling of Plaistow
(chairman, P&O), Lady Virginia FitzRoy, Lady Claire Asquith, the Hon
Lady Lucas-Tooth, the Hon Tarquin Olivier, Lady Lipworth, Lady
Pickering, Lady (Simon) Jenkins, Sir Sydney Kentridge, QC (Brick Court
Chambers) and Lady Kentridge, Sir Ronald Grierson, Lady Solti, Lady
Arnold, Lady Downey, Sir John and Lady Burgh, Sir George Christie, CH,
and Lady Christie, Sir Malcolm and Lady Field, Sir Jeremy and Lady
Isaacs. Mr Robert Thomson (Editor, The Times) with Mr Ben Preston
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"Michael Rhodes" <migx73all...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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Edwin King wrote:
> The BBC is reporting the death of the writer Bernard Levin on 7 Aug
aged 75.
>
> See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3549674.stm
<Memorial Service<
<A service of thanksgiving for the life of Bernard Levin>
<Mr Bernard Levin>
Wouldn't it have been less time consuming to have listed all those who did
not attend the service???