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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. Newley devised the central concept of the show, whereas the series was written in its entirety by Sid Green and Dick Hills.
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.
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- 1960-10-22
- Comedy
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- “Timeless”
- “A Master”
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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...
https://bit.ly/3dSQjinBrilliantly inventive, startlingly surreal, spectacularly ahead of its time and unlike anything on television then or now, this is The ...
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S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2. Sat, Oct 29, 1960. Gurney wonders why he even needs words when he spots his dream girl, a spare comes in handy when a Love-at-First-Sight test goes wrong, and asking a husband about his choice of mate sees him abandon his family. 8.1/10 (19)
00:00. 1 9 6 0 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes This weird and surreal ATV series starred singer Anthony Newley as Gurney Slade (the name was taken from a small village in Somerset) - an over-imaginative young man prone to fantasising about his ideal woman. The short series (only six episodes were produced) was written by.
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This DVD is available from 15.8.11 from http://www.amazon.co.uk and other online retailers Both firmly of its time and spectacularly ahead of it, The Strange...
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