The Dame Edna Experience

2 Seasons 1987 - 1989 NR 7.5

In each of these comical talk-show-parodies, without actual script continuity, the outrageously frocked diva-type character Dame Edna Everage, a transvestite part of Australian comedian Barry Humphries, receives in her exclusive, grand...

In each of these comical talk-show-parodies, without actual script continuity, the outrageously frocked diva-type character Dame Edna Everage, a transvestite part of Australian comedian Barry Humphries, receives in her exclusive, grand luxury residence, where she 'holds court' for the happy few, several international celebrities (actors, singers...) which are all expected to be humbly grateful for the priceless privilege to get an audience with her, and receive both inclusive praise ('we stars') and constant sneers displaying the host's utter superiority, while the public gets a similarly whimsical treatment. Her good-for-nothing sidekick, ancient 'bridesmaid' Madge Allsop, is another cross-dresser, whose main function is to be shamelessly abused.

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Episodes:

Episode 2 Series 1, Show 2

2. Series 1, Show 2

Aired: Sep 19, 1987

Starring guests Joan Rivers, Demis Roussos and Jeffery Archer.

Episode 3 Series 1, Show 3

3. Series 1, Show 3

Aired: Sep 26, 1987

Starring guests Larry Hagman, Arthur Marshall and Jane Seymore.

Episode 4 Series 1, Show 4

4. Series 1, Show 4

Aired: Oct 3, 1987

Starring guests Germaine Greer, Nana Mouskouri and Zsa Zsa Gabor

Episode 5 Series 1, Show 5

5. Series 1, Show 5

Aired: Oct 10, 1987

Starring guests Patrick Lichfield, Jerry Hall and Charlton Heaston.

Episode 6 Series 1, Show 6

6. Series 1, Show 6

Aired: Oct 17, 1987

Starring guests John Mills, Rudolf Nureyev and Cynthia Payne.

Info about The Dame Edna Experience

Current Status: Ended

Network: ITV1

Genres: Comedy, Talk-Show