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The Dame Edna Experience
The Dame Edna Experience is a British television comedy talk-show hosted by Dame Edna Everage. It ran for twelve regular episodes on ITV, plus two Christmas specials.
Programme.
The first seven aired for the first time in 1987, the next seven in 1989. It was directed by Ian Hamilton and Alasdair MacMillan and produced by London Weekend Television. Regulars on the program, besides Dame Edna, were her "bridesmaid" Madge Allsop (played by Emily Perry) and Robin Houston who
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Perry's portrayal of Madge Allsop in "The Dame Edna Experience" was well-received, and she subsequently reprised the role in many of Humphries' other TV specials, including "One more Audience with Dame Edna Everage" (1988), "A Night on Mount Edna" (1990), "Dame Edna's Neighbourhood Watch" (1992) and "Dame Edna's Hollywood" (1993). Madge became something of a cult figure – much to the apparent annoyance of Dame Edna – and appeared