It's a Square World It's a Square World It's a Square World is a British comedy television series starring Michael Bentine and produced by the BBC. It ran from 1960 till 1964. The series led Bentine to a BAFTA award in 1962 for Light Entertainment and a compilation show, screened by the BBC in 1963, won that year's Press Prize at the Rose d'Or Festival in Montreux. The shows were devised and written by Michael Bentine and John Law. Some sketches were released on an LP. Using scale models, Bentine sank the Woolwich Ferry, sent a Chinese junk to attack the House of Commons
Comedy Moore and Sacha Baron Cohen, Canadian comics Dan Aykroyd, Jim Carrey, and Mike Myers, and the Australian comedian Paul Hogan, famous for "Crocodile Dundee". Other centres of creative comic activity have been the cinema of Hong Kong, Bollywood, and French farce. American television has also been an influential force in world comedy: with American series like "M*A*S*H", "Seinfeld" and "The Simpsons" achieving large followings around the world. British television comedy also remains influential, with quintessential works including "Fawlty Towers", Monty Python, "Dad's Army", "Blackadder", and "The Office". Australian satirist Barry Humphries, whose comic creations include the housewife and "gigastar" Dame