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
American comedy films social commentary. "Dr. Strangelove" (1964) was a satirical comedy about Cold War paranoia, while "The Apartment" (1960), "Alfie" (1966) and "The Graduate" (1967) featured sexual themes in a way that would have been impossible only a few years previously. In 1970, the black comedies "Catch 22" and "M*A*S*H" reflected the anti-war sentiment then prevalent, as well as treating the sensitive topic of suicide. "M*A*S*H" would be toned down and brought to television in the following decade as a long-running series. Among the leading lights in comedy films of the next decade were Woody Allen and Mel Brooks. Both wrote, directed