Cucumber Castle
Cucumber Castle

Cucumber Castle

  • TV comedy
  • BBC Two
  • 1970
  • 1 episode

Comical mediaeval-set musical fantasy written by Bee Gees Barry and Maurice Gibb. Stars Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Frankie Howerd, Eleanor Bron, Pat Coombs and more.

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Bee Gees - Cucumber Castle cover

It seemed a good idea at the time #4: The Bee Gees' Cucumber Castle

A look at the strange and exotic cultural creature that is Cucumber Castle, a one-off TV comedy special starring The Bee Gees. The story of its ill-fated creation involves commercial opportunism, professional naivety, musical differences, sibling tensions, a number of sudden misfortunes and a great deal of chaos and confusion.

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