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==Cast and writers== Cast members included cartoonist [[Timothy Birdsall]], political commentator [[Bernard Levin]], and actors [[Lance Percival]], who sang topical calypsos, many improvised to suggestions from the audience, [[Kenneth Cope]], [[Roy Kinnear]], [[Willie Rushton]], [[Al Mancini]], [[Robert Lang (actor)|Robert Lang]], [[David Kernan]] and [[Millicent Martin]]. The last two were also singers and the programme opened with a song β "That Was The Week That Was" β sung by Martin to [[Ron Grainer]]'s [[theme tune]] and enumerating topics in the news. [[Frankie Howerd]] also guested in one episode with stand-up comedy. Script-writers included [[John Albery]], [[John Antrobus]], [[John Betjeman]], [[John Bird (actor)|John Bird]], [[Graham Chapman]], [[John Cleese]], [[Peter Cook]], [[Roald Dahl]], [[Robin Grove-White]], [[Richard Ingrams]], Lyndon Irving, [[Gerald Kaufman]], [[Frank Muir]], [[David Nobbs]], [[Denis Norden]], [[Bill Oddie]], [[Dennis Potter]], [[Eric Sykes]], [[Kenneth Tynan]], and [[Keith Waterhouse]].{{sfn|McCann|2006|page=156}}
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