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Record Id:
040-003389450
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003389071
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100051120768.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89284/1/18
Title:
Michael Palin Archive: 'Frost on Sunday (LWT)'
Scope & Content:

Material relating to episodes of Frost on Sunday produced by the London Weekend Television, written by Terry Jones and Michael Palin, as follows:

  • 'Captain's Speech' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 22 Jul 1968;
  • 'The Interview' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 22 Jul 1968;
  • 'Political Commentator' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 31 Jul 1968;
  • 'The New Breed' - 2 copies of typescript draft of script, with corrections, 8 Aug 1968;
  • 'C.D.M.' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 9 Aug 1968;
  • 'Olympics Selections' - 4 copies of typescript draft of script, with corrections, 14 Aug 1968;
  • 'The Friendly Postman' - typescript draft of script, with holograph corrections, 15 Aug 1968;
  • 'The Friendly Postman Mark II' - 2 copies of typescript draft of script, one with holograph corrections, 15 Aug 1968;
  • 'New University' - typescript draft of script, with holograph corrections, 21 Aug 1968;
  • 'Nixon' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 22 Aug 1968;
  • 'C.D.M.' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 24 Aug 1968;
  • 'Football Hooligans Film' - 2 copies of typescript draft of script, with corrections, 27 Aug 1968;
  • 'Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Film)' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 27 Aug 1968;
  • 'CDM' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 31 [Aug] 1968;
  • 'Gone with the Wind' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 18 Sept 1968;
  • 'Trade Figures' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 19 Sept 1968;
  • 'The Considerate Doctor' - 2 copies of typescript draft of script, with corrections, one with holograph notes about rehearsal and filming dates on the back, 19 Sept 1968;
  • 'C.D.M.' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 21 Sept 1968;
  • 'Party Political Broadcast' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 26 Sept 1968;
  • 'How Do You Do It?' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 26 Sept 1968;
  • 'C.D.M.' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 29 Sept 1968;
  • 'One Downmanship' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 2 Oct 1968;
  • 'The Spy' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 2 Oct 1968;
  • 'The Weapons Expert' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 16 Oct 1968;
  • 'C.D.M.' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 20 Oct 1968;
  • 'C.D.M.' - 2 copies of typescript draft of script, with corrections, 27 Oct [1968];
  • 'Chocolates' - 2 copies of typescript draft of script, with corrections, undated;
  • 'Secret Service' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, undated;
  • 'Football Intellectual' - 2 copies of typescript draft of script, with corrections, undated;
  • 'Football Commentator' - 2 copies of typescript draft of script, with corrections, undated;
  • 'The New Breed' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, undated;
  • 'The End of Steam' - typescript draft, with corrections, and clean copy typescript of script, undated;
  • 'Overdraft' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, undated;
  • 'C.D.M.' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, undated;
  • 'Sketch - Non-event' - clean copy typescript of script, undated;
  • 'Ronnie C. and a Very Tall Girl at a Party' - clean copy typescript of script, undated;
  • 'C.D.M.' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, undated;
  • 'Overdraft' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, undated;
  • 'Julie Andrews' - holograph manuscript and typescript draft of script, with corrections, undated;
  • 'A Quickie' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, undated;
  • 'The Telephone Quickie' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, undated;
  • 'Buy Britain!' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, undated;
  • page of unidentified sketch - typescript draft of script, with corrections, undated;
  • 'Marriage Bureau' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 10 Mar 1970;
  • 'The Meter-Reader' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 20 March 1970;
  • 2 cuttings from TV listings, 8 Sept and 3 Nov [1968];
  • TV Times, London, 3-9 August, including article about the programme;
  • letter from Ian [Davidson], produce of the programme, to Palin and Jones regarding their scripts that have been used and sketches for the future, 18 Mar 1970;
  • Running Order, Frost on Sunday Pilot - typescript of script, undated.

The file also includes: typescript of draft of scripts for two untitled sketches written by David McKellar, David Nobbs and Peter Vincent, undated; typescript rehearsal script for a show [The David Frost Show] produced by Paradine Productions and Group W Productions, recorded at Mayfair Theatre, London, 13-19 Jun 1969, directed by John Phillips, with sketches by Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, Jo Tewson and Michael Palin; press cuttings from TV guide listing Frost on Sunday.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003389071
036-003389350
040-003389450
Is part of:
Add MS 89284 : Michael Palin Archive
Add MS 89284/1 : Michael Palin Archive: Projects

 

Add MS 89284/1/18 : Michael Palin Archive: 'Frost on Sunday (LWT)'
Hierarchy:
032-003389071[0005]/036-003389350[0019]/040-003389450
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89284
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 file
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1968
End Date:
2002
Date Range:
1968-2002
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Originally inside hanging file with label 'Frost on Sunday (LWT). Series 1 Autumn '68. Series 2 Jan/Feb '70'

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Notes:
Typescript of Frost on Sunday Pilot the running order was originally found in Add MS 89284/1/15 and moved here by the cataloguer.
Names:
Barker, Ronald William George, aka Ronnie, actor and writer, 1929-2005
Corbett, Ronald Balfour, aka Ronnie, comedian and actor, 1930-2016
Group W Productions, American broadcasting company, 1963-1996
Jones, Terence Graham Parry, actor, writer, comedian, screenwriter and film director; called Terry, 1942-2020
London Weekend Television, regional television company, 1967-2002
McKellar, David, writer and producer, fl 1968-2005
Nobbs, David Godron, comedy writer, 1935-2015
Paradine Productions, TV production company, 1966-
Phillips, John Edmund Andrew, singer, guitarist, songwriter, and promoter, 1935-2001
Tewson, Josephine Ann, actor, 1931-2022
Vincent, Peter, screenwriter, fl 1968-2013