In the Looking Glass

Last updated

In the Looking Glass
In the Looking Glass film Opening titles (1978).png
Opening titles
GenreSurreal comedy
Directed byAndrew Gosling
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducerIan Keill
Original release
Network BBC Two
Release17 January (1978-01-17) –
21 February 1978 (1978-02-21)

In the Looking Glass is a surreal television series, broadcast on BBC2 in 1978. It starred John Wells, John Fortune, and Madeline Smith, was directed by Andrew Gosling and produced by Ian Keill. The music for the songs was composed by Carl Davis. The animations and illustrations were by Graham McCallum and Bob Gale. [1] The same team had previously created 1974's The End of the Pier Show . Wells, Fortune and Davis appear to have been the main writers for both series. [2]

Contents

In the Looking Glass was notable for its design, overlaying live action and drawn or animated backgrounds, for instance, a hole drilled to the centre of the earth, or the Monopoly board on which a character risks being crushed by rolling dice. The production team (Keill, Gosling and designer Graham McCallum) went on to develop this approach further in the "live action comic strip" series Jane (1982), for which McCallum won two BAFTA Best Graphics awards.

Awards

In the Looking Glass was nominated for the "Most Original Programme/Series" BAFTA award for 1979 (the award was won by Pennies from Heaven ). [3]

Episode list

Broadcast dates: [4]

References

  1. ↑ "In the Looking Glass (1978)". Ravensbourne London University. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "The End of the Pier Show". The BBCi Guide to Comedy. Archived from the original on 4 December 2003. Retrieved 23 January 2007.
  3. ↑ "Television / Most Original Programme/Series". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "BBC Programme Catalogue Experimental online prototype". Archived from the original on 12 May 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2007.
  5. ↑ "Schedule for 17 January 1978". BBC Programme Index. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Schedule for 24 January 1978". BBC Programme Index. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.