At Last The 1948 Show

Summary

Drawn from the vaults of the BFI National Archive, and proudly presented alongside an array of newly-filmed and archive extras, At Last The 1948 Show is released on DVD 16th September 2019 from Spirit Entertainment.

Cast

Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Marty Feldman, Aimi MacDonald

Director

Ian Fordyce

Producer

David Frost

Distributor

Spirit Entertainment

Run time

5 hours 25 minutes

Release date

16/09/2019

Hash Tag

#AtLastThe1948Show

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This ground-breaking, splendidly silly and surreal comedy sketch series, written and performed by John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Marty Feldman, also starring the lovely Aimi MacDonald, was a major milestone on the road to Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Goodies and everything that came after.

This lovingly curated new deluxe three-disc set restores all the existing episodes from both series of the programme in the correct order, and is as complete as is currently possible. It includes all ten surviving episodes, two almost completely reconstructed episodes, and the complete audio of a further episode with fragments of film restored; all drawn from the vaults of the BFI National Archive, and proudly presented alongside an array of newly-filmed and archive extras.

At Last The 1948 Show is released on DVD 16th September 2019 from Spirit Entertainment.

Special Features

Something About the Year 1948 (2019, 32 mins): John Cleese on working with Humphrey Barclay, David Frost and Graham Chapman, At Last The 1948 Show and the path to Python
We Just Wanted to Be Silly (2019, 38 mins): Tim Brooke-Taylor recalls his comedy influences and the making of At Last The 1948 Show
John Cleese in Conversation (2006, 36 mins): John Cleese joins comedy historian Dick Fiddy at BFI Southbank to reflect on At Last The 1948 Show
Reconstructing At Last The 1948 Show (2000, 44 mins, audio): the BFI's Steve Bryant in discussion with Aimi MacDonald, Tim Brooke-Taylor and audiophile Ray Frensham
John Cleese Introduces At Last The 1948 Show (2003, 2 mins): an introduction recorded for the BFI's Missing Believed Wiped event
At Last It's Dee Time (1967, 12 mins, audio): the At Last The 1948 Show team's unruly guest appearance on the BBC chat show
Now and Then: Marty Feldman (1968, 26 mins): Feldman discusses the nature of comedy in this unedited interview, shot for a never-broadcast Bernard Braden documentary series
The Humphrey Barclay Scrapbook: rare photos and drawings from the legendary TV producer's personal archive
At Last Some Pictures: image gallery of promotional material
Reproductions of two scripts for the incomplete episodes
Illustrated booklet with Not Quite 500 Words by Tim Brooke-Taylor, Steve Bryant's account of recovering and restoring the programmes and a look at the show's place in comedy history by the BFI's Dick Fiddy, plus episode notes with transmission dates and credits

Please note - Disc special features are subject to change, may differ from format to format and/or may differ from region to region.

John Cleese

Hold the Sunset: Series 1, A Fish Called Wanda, Get Squirrely, Absolutely Anything, Time Bandits, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Big Year, Erik The Viking: The Complete Viking, Planet 51, Time Bandits, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Monty Python's Flying Circus: Complete Series 1-4 Box Set, Charlotte's Web, Charlie's Angels - Full Throttle, Charlotte's Web, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Die Another Day, Fawlty Towers, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Rat Race, The World is not Enough, Clockwise, Monty Python's Flying Circus: Complete Series 2, Monty Python's Flying Circus: Series 4, Erik the Viking: Special Edition, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life, Time Bandits: Limited Edition

Graham Chapman

Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Flying Circus: Complete Series 1-4 Box Set, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Monty Python's Flying Circus: Complete Series 2, Monty Python's Flying Circus: Series 4, Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life

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