Editing That Was the Week That Was (section)

==Alternative versions==
=== US versions ===
An American version was on NBC from 10 November 1963 to May 1965.<ref>{{cite news |title=Originator Here to Assist 'T.W. 3' / David Frost Will Appear on New Satirical Revue|work=The New York Times |page=49|author=Gardner, Paul|author-link=Paul Gardner (journalist)|date=3 January 1964|access-date=19 November 2018| url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1964/01/03/118649788.html?pageNumber=49}}</ref> The pilot featured [[Henry Fonda]] and [[Henry Morgan (comedian)|Henry Morgan]], with [[Mike Nichols]] and [[Elaine May]] as guests, and supporting performers including [[Gene Hackman]]. The recurring cast included Frost, Morgan, [[Buck Henry]], [[Tom Bosley]],<ref name="youtube/NBC/TWTWTW">
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</ref> and [[Alan Alda]],<ref name="youtube/NBC/TWTWTW"/> with [[Nancy Ames]] singing an opening news-satire-song<ref name="youtube/NBC/TWTWTW"/> and Stanley Grover and Ames performing solos and duets. Regularly contributing writers included [[Gloria Steinem]], [[William F. Brown (writer)|William F. Brown]], [[Tom Lehrer]], and [[Calvin Trillin]].<ref>Carlton, Jim</ref><ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1964/01/20/97160719.html?pageNumber=87 "Morse for 'T.W. 3'"]. ''The New York Times'', January 20, 1964, p. 87. Retrieved 27 October 2018.</ref> [[Norman Paris]] was the musical director.<ref>Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earl F. (2009). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&pg=PA1372&dq=%22norman+Paris%22+%22that+was+the+week+that+was%22 The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present]''. New York: Ballantine Books. p.&nbsp;1372. {{ISBN|978-0-345-49773-4}}.</ref> The announcer was [[Jerry Damon]]. A running gag was a mock feud with [[Jack Paar]], whose own program followed ''TW3'' on the NBC Friday schedule; Paar repeatedly referred to ''TW3'' as "Henry Morgan's Amateur Hour".

Of 50 episodes, only a few survive in video form, yet audio episodes survive on [[acetate disc]].<ref name="youtube/NBC/TWTWTW"/> The first-season black-and-white episodes were preserved on [[kinescope]] film; the surviving colour episodes of the second and final season were recorded in the then-standard two-inch colour [[quadruplex videotape]] format. The [[Paley Center]] has copies of some seven episodes, including the hour-long pilot. Also, scripts of all shows survive, both in the NBC Collection at the [[Library of Congress]] and in the papers of executive producer [[Leland Hayward]] at the New York Public Library.  Amateur audio recordings of all or nearly all episodes also survive,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/stories/991119.stories.html |title=Lost and Found Sound: The Stories |publisher=NPR |access-date=31 May 2014|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20000818090523/https://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/stories/991119.stories.html|archive-date=August 18, 2000}}</ref> and an hour-long recording, ''That Was That Was The Week That Was,'' a compilation of bits from various shows, was issued on LP and, in 1992, reissued on CD. After the series' cancellation, Lehrer, who did not appear on the show, recorded a collection of his songs used on the show on ''[[That Was The Year That Was]]'', released by [[Reprise Records]] in September 1965.

ABC aired a ''That Was The Week That Was'' special on 21 April 1985, hosted by David Frost and [[Anne Bancroft]] and featuring future ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' cast members [[Jan Hooks]] and [[A. Whitney Brown]] and puppetry from ''[[Spitting Image]]''.<ref name="hubcity">{{cite web|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=that+was+the+week+that+was&p=1&item=T:05198|title=That Was The Week That Was (TV)|access-date=5 November 2015}}</ref>

=== Other international versions ===
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A Canadian show, ''[[This Hour Has Seven Days]]'', aired from 1964 to 1966 on [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]. Although partially inspired by ''That Was The Week That Was'', the Canadian show mixed satirical aspects with more serious journalism. It proved controversial and was cancelled after two seasons amid allegations of political interference. ''[[This Hour Has 22 Minutes]]'', created by [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]] comic [[Mary Walsh (actress)|Mary Walsh]], has been running since 1992 although the two are not related.

An Australian show, ''[[The Mavis Bramston Show]]'', aired from 1964 to 1968 on the [[Seven Network]]. It grew out of the recent local theatrical tradition of topical satirical revue—most notably the popular revues staged at Sydney's [[Phillip Street Theatre]] in the 1950s and 1960s—but it was also strongly influenced by the British satire boom and especially ''TW3'' and ''[[Not Only... But Also]]''.

The New Zealand show ''[[A Week Of It]]'' ran from 1977 to 1979, hosted by Ken Ellis, and featuring comedians [[David McPhail]], [[Peter Rowley]] and Chris McVeigh and comedian/musicians [[Jon Gadsby]] and [[Annie Whittle]]. The series lampooned news and politics and featured songs, usually by McPhail and Gadsby, who continued with their own show, ''McPhail and Gadsby'' in similar vein.

A Dutch version, ''Zo is het toevallig ook nog 's een keer'' (''It Just So Happens Once Again''), aired from November 1963 to 1966. It became controversial after the fourth edition, which included a parody of the [[Lord's Prayer]] ("Give us this day our daily television"). Angry viewers directed their protests especially against the most popular cast member: [[Mies Bouwman]]. After receiving several threats to her life she decided to quit the show. The show was praised as well: in 1966 it received the Gouden Televizier-ring, a prestigious audience award—though it turned out afterward that the election was rigged.<ref name="toevallig">{{cite web|url=http://www.geschiedenis24.nl/andere-tijden/afleveringen/2001-2002/Zo-is-het-toevallig-ook-nog-s-een-keer.html|title='Zo is het toevallig ook nog 's een keer'|last=Nijland|first=Yfke|publisher=Geschiedenis 24|language=nl|access-date=22 August 2013}}</ref>

An Indian version titled ''The Week That Wasn't'' was launched and hosted by [[Cyrus Broacha]].

In 2004, ABC News revived the iconic TW3 theme song as a closing segment on its weekly magazine program, [[Primetime Live]]. Several two-minute episodes aired, but never caught on with the audience.