UTV Funnies 4 – Charlie Witherspoon Spoof

UTV Funnies 4 – Charlie Witherspoon Spoof

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Details

Location

Northern Ireland

Year

1963

Date

Production 01/01/1963

Length

02min 05sec

Audio

sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Digitised as part of the UTV Archive Partnership Project (ITV, Northern Ireland Screen and PRONI)

Courtesy

Department for Communities, ITV, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

This is one of a number of short pieces marked as UTV Funnies on the film can. It’s uncertain if these short films were ever broadcast as a piece of light-heartedness on a news or magazine programme or if they were for internal viewing only. Nevertheless, this one shows a UTV staff member spoofing the famous Charlie Witherspoon. Charlie often wore a sheepskin coat and employed a catchphrase of “Graveyards tell strange tales,” which is lampooned in this piece with unfortunate consequences for “Charlie” as he reports from beneath the statue of a dog atop a grave.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.
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