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
The Colgate Comedy Hour of their "2000 Year Old Man" routines), Phyllis Diller, Bob Newhart, Nipsey Russell, and Dan Rowan and Dick Martin. None of the performers who had performed in the original 1950–1956 shows appeared. The special, produced by George Schlatter, also served as a television pilot for a possible revival of the series, which never happened. In the 1954-1955 season, Donald O'Connor left the show and starred in his own musical situation comedy, "The Donald O'Connor Show", which aired on the NBC Saturday schedule alternating with "The Jimmy Durante Show". Notable guest stars who went on to find success in entertainment included