Marty (TV series)

British TV series or programme

Marty is a British television sketch comedy series, with Marty Feldman, Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Junkin, Roland MacLeod, Mary Miller and Peter Pocock which was made in 1968. There was a second series made in 1969, re-titled It's Marty. In total, 12 episodes were produced.^[1][2]

The writers were John Cleese, Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Junkin, Marty Feldman, Barry Took, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Philip Jenkinson, Donald Webster, Peter Dickinson, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, John Law, Frank Muir and Denis Norden. Lionel Blair choreographed a routine for an episode of It's Marty. Took and Marty Feldman were given an award for the show by the actor Kenneth Horne.

A compilation of surviving sketches from the series has been released on DVD, with the title The Best of Marty Feldman.

List of episodes

The following episodes, compilations and specials were produced for the BBC between 1968 and 1971.^[3][4]

Series 1

Series 2

Specials

Awards

• 1969 BAFTA Television Awards

Best Light Entertainment Performer - won by Marty Feldman

Best Light Entertainment Production - won by Dennis Main-Wilson

Best Writer - won by Marty Feldman and Barry Took

• 1969 Writer's Guild of Great Britain Award

Best British Light Entertainment Script - won by the series writers of Marty and It's Marty

References

1. Marty (4 March 2016). "Marty TV Shows". Retrieved 1 May 2019.
2. "Marty". Retrieved 1 May 2019 – via www.imdb.com.
3. "Missing Episodes". Retrieved 5 December 2019 – via http://missingepisodes.thiswaydown.org/intro.htm. {{cite web}}: External link in |via= (help)
4. "Laughter Log". 21 March 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2019 – via https://laughterlog.com. {{cite web}}: External link in |via= (help)

External links

• Marty at IMDb