Hello Geoff
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Geoffers : ' Many thanks for that very informative answer, Andrew. I think I will add those details to the episode listed on IMDb.com since neither they nor the BFI includes either Barry Cryer or Kenny Lynch in the credits/cast. I thought the BFI *would* have it but I've never been certain how their data-base works. Maybe they only include TV of which they have copies or know to exist?

I'd need to check notes, but I believe that's the only edition of the show that Kenny appears in.  Not sure how many sketches were written by Barry; most of the studio scenes are by Graeme and Bill (many recycled from "ISIRTA") and the film sequences were Michael Palin and Terry Jones usually.  I know that to get those credits I've had to plough through scripts and production paperwork.

All the best

Andrew

Many thanks for that very informative answer, Andrew. I think I will add those details to the episode listed on IMDb.com since neither they nor the BFI includes either Barry Cryer or Kenny Lynch in the credits/cast. I thought the BFI *would* have it but I've never been certain how their data-base works. Maybe they only include TV of which they have copies or know to exist?

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Geoffers : ' I remember watching a TV sketch show back in the 60s with Bill and possibly Graeme, which means it could have been Twice a Fortnight. This particularly episode contained an outrageously funny sketch wherein Bill was attempting to teach Kenny Lynch to sing like a minstrel. I seem to recall he was "whiting-up" his lips and coaching him into the way to sing "Devil" as a black and white minstrel would, in "That old Devil Moon", or something similar. However, I can't find any reference to Oddie & Lynch appearing together on this TV series or any other TV show, so does anybody else recall this?

Yes - it's sadly one of the many missing elements from "Twice a Fortnight" and featured in the fifth edition.  It's a brilliant sketch written by Barry Cryer which packs a real punch and is in some ways a precursor to the attacks on "The Black and White Minstrel Show" performed a decade later in "Alternative Roots".  To my mind, certainly one of the highlights of the series - not surprised that it stuck in your mind!

All the best

Andrew

I remember watching a TV sketch show back in the 60s with Bill and possibly Graeme, which means it could have been Twice a Fortnight. This particularly episode contained an outrageously funny sketch wherein Bill was attempting to teach Kenny Lynch to sing like a minstrel. I seem to recall he was "whiting-up" his lips and coaching him into the way to sing "Devil" as a black and white minstrel would, in "That old Devil Moon", or something similar.

However, I can't find any reference to Oddie & Lynch appearing together on this TV series or any other TV show, so does anybody else recall this?