The Strange World of Gurney Slade — Season 1
About this season
Anthony Newley stars as an actor who walks off the set of a banal sit-com and into a fantasy world of his own imagination in this surreal odyssey through one man's personal alternative reality.
Episodes (6)
1. Episode 1
8.0Aired 22 October 1960 • 24 min
Gurney Slade breaks the fourth wall and leaves the set during a live broadcast - much to the consternation of the cast and floor manager. He sets off on a wistful odyssey into leafy West London.
2. Episode 2
8.0Aired 29 October 1960 • 25 min
Gurney gets tongue tied on an airfield, conducts a lineup of prospective amoureuses, breaks up a family, tells a baby there is no such thing as Santa Claus, is granted a wish by a fairy and builds a woman from mannequin parts.
3. Episode 3
Aired 5 November 1960 • 26 min
In the countryside, Gurney commentates an ant boxing match, spots an interesting signpost, tries to hoodwink a well, has a bone to pick with Bonaparte, sings Greensleeves with a scarecrow, chats to an alluring cow and (almost) witnesses a crime de coeur.
4. Episode 4
Aired 12 November 1960 • 29 min
Gurney finds himself on trial for having no sense of humour. After releasing his ex-music-hall performer brief, the jury is shown a filmed sequence of Gurney Slade's alleged comedy by the prosecution. Various witnesses are cross-examined before the jury reaches its verdict. Will our hero prevail or lose his head?
5. Episode 5
Aired 19 November 1960 • 30 min
6. Episode 6
Aired 26 November 1960 • 30 min