TV1 makes another Fred Dagg pilot

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33912, 4 August 1975, Page 4

TV1 makes another Fred Dagg pilot

Television One is! working hard to produce a comedy show featuring John (“Fred Dagg”) Clarke, and anotherl pilot programme is being made. This has been confirmed; by TVl’s head of presenta-i tions, publicity and promotions (Mr Chris Bourn). He said the second pilot would be ready for viewing soon by the head of entertainment programmes (Mr Roy Melford) and programme controller (Mr Bill Munro). The show, called “The Wonderful World of . . ~” has had problems getting off the ground, and TVI has been jealously guarding its contract with John Clarke, . John Clarke worked on a! pilot programme produced by Chris Bourn four months i ago, but Mr Bourn was ap- : pointed to his new job. This i

jdelayed the programme;] while a new producer, Tony ;, Hiles took over. Hiles and script writer! • Stuart Devenie came up! i with a trial programme' • which was shown to-i (Messrs Melford and Munro( •who pronounced it not' |funny enough. Mr Bourn says it is quite! common for several pilot' programmes to be made be-i fore a show starts produc-! tion. This happened with: “Studio One” which he pro-1 duced and which eventually | had a long run. Drink bill up South Africa’s drink bill is rising by about ssom a year - and alcoholism is increasing rapidly as well, a seminar , in Pretoria has been told. Dr IW. J. B. Slater, president of the South African National Council on Alcoholism and (Drug Dependence, said South Africans spent about $935m ia year on liquor.—Pretoria.