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The Strange World of Gurney Slade is a surreal six-part British television comedy series devised by Anthony Newley and made by ATV, first transmitted by the ITV network between 22 October and 26 November 1960.
The Strange World of Gurney Slade: With Anthony Newley, Edwin Richfield, Joy Stewart, Margaret Cox. Gurney Slade wanders from place to place after breaking the fourth wall to escape from the mundanities of making a family sitcom.
- (145)
- 1960-10-22
- Comedy
- 30
Dec 11, 2021 · The Strange World Of Gurney Slade Episode 1 (1960) 50's Sleaze, 60's Ease & 70's Cheese From London.
- 24 min
- 13.5K
- 50's Sleaze, 60's Ease & 70's Cheese From London
- “Timeless”
- “A Master”
- “Rather Special”
It centres on Gurney Slade, an actor who wanders from place to place after breaking the fourth wall to escape from the mundanities of making a family sitcom. In an age when TV was in its infancy, the idea of a thespian being anything but thrilled by working in such a medium and playing the game accordingly is unusual, but Newley was messing with th...
The inner monologue of Slade is gloriously offbeat, and Newley is splendid as the Walter Mitty-style protagonist. The difference between good actors and great actors is the latter show you the inner cogs whirring, often in the most subtle ways. Newley was a master at this. I’m not surprised David Bowie used Newley as a key inspiration for his vario...
There are so many memorable moments, from Slade chatting to a dog on a farm wall to him dancing with advertising model Una Stubbs, or vice versa depending on what order you watch it in. It hardly matters. Even the pre and post ad break bumpers are rather special. ’Wither Gurney Slade’ and ’Wander Gurney Slade’ being just a couple of enigmatic examp...
Dec 16, 2020 · The Strange World of Gurney Slade is, quite simply, mind-bogglingly ahead of its time. It's so modern, clever, funny and meta that it's difficult to imagine what audiences in 1960 made of it. But that's when this ATV comedy, starring Anthony Newley and written by Sid Green and Dick Hills, aired.
A group of children are told about a land where people can be their best, a wedding guest is left puzzled when a lady friend has a change of heart, and rubbing a tinker's pot forces Gurney to take a trip into his own mind.
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Gurney Slade displays the irreverence to authority - Gurney witnesses a politician desert his duty for a buxom mistress, and reacts with petty acts of rebellion when bothered by a policeman - that would become the province of the youth movements later in the decade.
