![]() “And when Monty Python came along, Spike felt it was unfair that it was all regarded as so new. “The idea that modern British satire was invented in 1963 or 64 is ridiculous, since there was great stuff around in the 50s.” Satirical television shows such as David Frost’s That Was the Week That Was and Not Only… But Also, with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, owed a huge debt to Milligan, Hislop believes. These two strands met in Milligan first, Hislop says. The core of good British satire, argues the Private Eye editor and veteran team captain on Have I Got News For You, is a happy marriage between silliness and attacks on those in power. ![]() “But Spike Milligan believed, with good reason, that his own work on the radio had got there earlier.” ![]() “Everyone always dates the satire boom from the 1960s, when it was suddenly on television,” says Hislop. ![]()
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