Lucy in London
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| Lucy in London | |
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| Directed by | Steve Binder |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Producers | Steve Binder, David Winters |
| Cinematography | Fouad Said |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Network | CBS |
| Release | October 24, 1966 |
Lucy in London is a 1966 prime-time TV special produced and directed by Steve Binder, co-produced and choreographed by David Winters and sponsored by the Monsanto Company. The program starred Lucille Ball, Anthony Newley and the Dave Clark Five and was filmed entirely on location in London. It Is also notable in that producer Phil Spector was among the musicians to contribute to the special.
Lucy Carmichael (Lucille Ball), arrives in London to claim a free day trip that she won in a jingle contest. She is expecting a luxury limousine tour of the city, but instead is greeted by a tour guide named Tony (Anthony Newley) who escorts her in a motorcycle with an open sidecar. Their initial stop, for punting on the River Thames in an inflatable raft, ends disastrously when they collide with a rowing team and sink beneath the waters. Tony then takes Lucy to the heart of London's shopping district, where she models the latest mod fashions in a musical number based on the Phil Spector tune "Lucy in London".
Lucy is then escorted to Madame Tussaud’s wax museum, where she is frightened by a curator (Wilfred Hyde-White) whom she mistakes for a haunted wax statue that comes to life. She then visits a British manor, where she plays Kate opposite actor Peter Wyngarde in a scene from the William Shakespeare comedy The Taming of the Shrew. Lucy and Tony return to the Thames, where they sing Pop Goes the Weasel as a duet. The Dave Clark Five turns up to sing London Bridge is Falling Down.
Lucy and Tony then arrive at an empty theater, where Tony dons a tuxedo and sings a medley of songs from the Leslie Bricusse-Anthony Newley show Stop the World – I Want to Get Off. Lucy follows him with a mime act and a song where she shows her appreciation of her London adventures.