Tiswas

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Tiswas was a chaotic and influential British Saturday-morning children's television show from the 1970s and early 1980s, known for its slapstick humor, live audience mayhem, and launching the careers of several prominent comedians.

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instanceOf British children's television series
Saturday-morning television show
broadcastEra 1970s
1980s
broadcastOnDay Saturday
broadcastTimeSlot Saturday morning
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
createdFor ITV network NERFINISHED
filmedAt ATV Centre, Birmingham NERFINISHED
finalBroadcastDate 1982-04-03
firstBroadcastDate 1974-01-05
format live television
genre children's television
comedy
sketch comedy
slapstick
variety show
hasCharacter Spit the Dog NERFINISHED
The Phantom Flan Flinger NERFINISHED
hasHost Chris Tarrant NERFINISHED
Sally James NERFINISHED
hasPerformer Bob Carolgees NERFINISHED
John Gorman NERFINISHED
Lenny Henry NERFINISHED
Trevor East NERFINISHED
influenced Saturday morning children's television in the UK
knownFor anarchic studio mayhem
breaking the fourth wall
bucket-of-water gags
live studio audience of children
messy games
slapstick humor
throwing custard pies
laterNetworkedAcross ITV regions in the UK
launchPadFor Bob Carolgees NERFINISHED
Chris Tarrant NERFINISHED
Lenny Henry NERFINISHED
Sally James NERFINISHED
notableSketchOrSegment Compost Corner NERFINISHED
The Cage NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
originallyRegionalTo Midlands ITV region NERFINISHED
originalNetwork ATV NERFINISHED
ITV NERFINISHED
producedBy ATV NERFINISHED
producedIn Birmingham NERFINISHED
spinOff O.T.T. NERFINISHED
targetAudience children
typicalRuntime approximately 180 minutes

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