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Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Aug 18, 1964

1 - 1

The Bodies Aug 18, 1964
1 - 2

Rearing Its Ugly Head Aug 21, 1964
1 - 3

Campaigners All Aug 25, 1964
1 - 4

How to Make £250,000 Aug 28, 1964
1 - 5

The Unspotted Genius Sep 01, 1964
1 - 6

Burnt Umber with Graining Sep 04, 1964
1 - 7

Jam and Maggots Sep 08, 1964
1 - 8

Dead Image Sep 11, 1964
1 - 9

A Reputation Cleared Sep 15, 1964
1 - 10

In for a Penny Sep 18, 1964
1 - 11

The Value of Silence Sep 22, 1964
1 - 12

A Proposal of Marriage Sep 25, 1964
1 - 13

A Very Important Occasion Sep 29, 1964
1 - 14

Dog Lovers Unite! Oct 02, 1964
1 - 15

A Threat from Outside Oct 06, 1964
1 - 16

Dead Reckoning Oct 09, 1964
1 - 17

Blackmail Oct 13, 1964
1 - 18

The Best Method of Defence Oct 16, 1964
1 - 19

Council of War Oct 20, 1964
1 - 20

A Spy in the Camp Oct 23, 1964
1 - 21

A New Plan Oct 27, 1964
1 - 22

Balance of Power Oct 30, 1964
1 - 23

The Exercise Nov 03, 1964
1 - 24

The Spider's Web Nov 06, 1964
1 - 25

An Important Discovery Nov 10, 1964
1 - 26

The Axe Falls Nov 13, 1964

Overview

Swizzlewick was a twice weekly 1964 BBC comedy drama series about the day-to-day events of a local council in a fictional Midlands town. The writers included David Turner who created the series. This series is principally remembered as an early target of 'Clean Up TV' campaigner Mary Whitehouse. An episode in August 1964 featured Mrs Smallgood, a parody of her, who was depicted launching a "Freedom from Sex" campaign with a friend. A scene with a prostitute was cut from another episode of the series, after a television studio worker leaked an advance copy of the script to her. She was told "It's too late to re-shoot.", and answered "I don't want re-shooting, I want cuts." She delivered a letter of complaint in person to the Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, who appears to have passed the matter on to the BBC, and the scene Mrs Whitehouse found offensive was cut. Turner resigned from the series.

Year 1964

Studio BBC One

Director

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Popularity 1.2541

Language