Twice a Fortnight the future stars of both "Monty Python" and "The Goodies", as well as for the future co-writer of "Yes Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister". Twice a Fortnight Twice a Fortnight is a 1967 British sketch comedy television series with Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Jonathan Lynn and Tony Buffery. Graeme Garden suggested to the director, Tony Palmer, that Michael Palin and Terry Jones be included in the cast and writers of the show. As in the case of the radio comedy programme "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again", and the television comedy programmes "At Last the 1948
The Sketch Show two episodes were never broadcast. The show started at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1999, and starred Mack, Catherine Tate and Dan Antopolski. Mack later expressed regret at not including them in the TV show, stating: "I’m not a great believer in regret, but looking back over the last eighteen years of me doing this job, not keeping our sketch show Bits together and jumping at the first offer to put a version of it on telly is probably the biggest mistake I’ve made". The original line-up of the cast was Lee Mack, Jim Tavare, Tim Vine, Karen Taylor and