Whoops Baghdad Explained

Whoops Baghdad is a BBC television comedy programme first broadcast from 25 January to 1 March 1973.

Starring Frankie Howerd, it was similar to his earlier programme Up Pompeii!, with the setting moved from Ancient Rome to medieval Baghdad. Unlike its predecessor, all episodes exist, though only six were made. The original proposed title, Up Baghdad, was rejected because it was felt that it might have been seen as supportive of the then-current Iraqi regime.

Cast

• Frankie Howerd as Ali Oopla, servant to the Wazir (all episodes)
• Derek Francis as Abu ben Ackers, Wazir and Prime Minister of Old Baghdad (all episodes)
• Hilary Pritchard as Saccharine, the Wazir's youngest and most innocent daughter (all episodes)
• Anna Brett as Boobiana, the Wazir's oldest and most well developed daughter (5 episodes)
• Larry Martyn as Derti Dhoti the beggar (5 episodes)
• Alan Curtis as Captain of the Guard/Havabanana/Sheikh Akabar the Vile/Robber (5 episodes)
• Norman Chappell as Imshi the eunuch, caretaker of the Caliph's harem (2 episodes)
• Lee Young as Genie of the bottle (2 episodes)
• Bill Fraser as Wizard Prang/Caliph of Old Baghdad (2 episodes)
• Ronnie Brody as Mustafa Shufti, Wizard Prang's assistant (1 episode)
• Josephine Tewson as Fatima the Marriage Broker (1 episode)
• Patrick Troughton as Tambalane the Tartar (1 episode)
• Jane Murdoch as Tangerine (1 episode)
• Winifred Sabine as Tambalane's first wife (1 episode)
• Milton Reid as the harem's hairdresser (1 episode)
• June Whitfield as Charisma (1 episode)
• Debbie McGee as belly dancer (1 episode)
• George Ballantine as Sinbad the Sailor (1 episode)
• Valerie Stanton as Shannonar (1 episode)

Episode list

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