Frost Report special with Tim to be shown at Easter
14/02/2008 03:00 GMT

Posted by lisa

**Edited by Wackywales to add: The programme will be broadcast on Easter Monday, 24 March.**

Today's Times Online has an article about the Frost Report special that was recorded a few months ago (with Tim in the cast).  This was originally supposed to be a Christmas special but this article says it'll be shown "at Easter".

Here's the article (from
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_rad
io/article3376827.ece):

The Frost Report to return after 40 years

Adam Sherwin
The Frost Report, the satirical show that spawned comedy dynasties, will return for a special edition featuring surviving members of the original line-up.

John Cleese, Michael Palin, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Ronnie Corbett will join Sir David Frost for the The Frost Report Is Back, a BBC Four two-hour special, to be broadcast at Easter.

Launched in 1966, the successor to That Was The Week That Was, it lampooned Britain's still class-based society. Written by Antony Jay (later of Yes, Minister), the programme concentrated on a single topic each week, such as law or class.

The Frost Report united the Ronnies Corbett and Barker and gave Cleese his television debut. In the most famous sketch, the 6'5" Cleese illustrated the class divide by looking down upon the two Ronnies standing next to him.

It ran for two series, but The Frost Report graduates went on to form Monty Python's Flying Circus and The Goodies, and the programme influenced satirical comedy for decades.

Sir David said: "Putting The Frost Report Is Back together has been a joy, with so many memories - and even more important, so many laughs - along the way."

Musical satire on the show was provided by folk singer Julie Felix and Tom Lehrer. The sketches and monologues were written by such luminaries as Marty Feldman, Keith Waterhouse, Peter Tinniswood, Bill Oddie, Barry Cryer and Frank Muir.