Dame Edna Everage - A Birthday Tribute

  • TV comedy
  • BBC Two
  • 1984
  • 1 episode

Arena mockumentary marking the birthday of Edna Everage. Stars Barry Humphries and David Dimbleby.

Key details

Genre
Comedy
Broadcast
1984
Channel
BBC Two
Episodes
1
Stars
Barry Humphries and David Dimbleby
Director
Julian Jebb
Producer
Alan Yentob
Company

At 10:50 precisely on 17th February 19**, that grande-dame of Antipodean culture, Edna May Everage, drew her first breath in the modest suburb of Moonee Ponds.

On Arena tonight, live by satellite from Sydney, Australia, cultural attaché Sir Les Patterson salutes a megastar of the entertainment firmament. On this auspicious day - a day which is rumoured, incidentally, to coincide with the 50th birthday of reclusive impresario Barry Humphries - Sir Les introduces precious fragments from the BBC archive which relive the agony and the ecstasy of La Dame Aux Gladiolas.

Additional details

Also known as
  • Arena: Dame Edna Everage - A Birthday Tribute
Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Friday 17th February 1984 at 10:05pm on BBC Two
Episode length
50 minutes

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