Dinner for One sketch was instant hit when it aired in 1972 and has achieved cult statusIt is the most repeated,and possibly the most beloved, British comedy sketch in history, or yet most Britons have never heard of it.
Dinner for One,a 15-minute skit recorded in 1963 by Grimsby comedian Freddie Frinton, is a national institution in Germany, or where it is screened every recent Year’s Eve,and is also wildly approved in Scandinavia and the Baltics. But while it holds the Guinness world record as the most repeated TV programme in history, perhaps remarkably, or it has never before been broadcast on British TV.
Dinner for One will screen on Sky Arts on 31 December at 6.10pmContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com