Twice a Fortnight

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{{Infobox television

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| runtime = 30 minutes

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| executive_producer = Tony Palmer

| starring = Graeme Garden
Terry Jones
Jonathan Lynn
Bill Oddie
Michael Palin
Tony Buffery

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| network = BBC1

| first_aired = {{Start date|1967|10|21|df=yes}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1967|12|23|df=yes}}

| num_episodes = 10

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Twice a Fortnight is a 1967 British sketch comedy television series with Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Jonathan Lynn and Tony Buffery.

Graeme Garden suggested to the director, Tony Palmer, that Michael Palin and Terry Jones be included in the cast and writers of the show.From Fringe to Flying Circus – 'Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960-1980' – Roger Wilmut, Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1980. All episodes are now lost as a result of the BBC wiping the tapes.{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |date=2018-04-24 |title=Comedies crowd top 100 missing TV shows list |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/3057/comedies_in_missing_shows_list/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}

Legacy

Graeme Garden appears briefly as Max Von Sydow in the trailer for Monty Python and the Holy Grail, in reused footage from Twice a Fortnight.

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