The Dame Edna Experience

The Dame Edna Experience
Series One DVD cover (North America)
Created by	Barry Humphries
Presented by	Dame Edna Everage
Starring	Barry Humphries Emily Perry The Laurie Holloway Orchestra
Narrated by	Robin Houston
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	14 (inc. 2 specials)
Production
Location(s)	LWT Studios London
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	London Weekend Television
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	12 September 1987 – 22 December 1989
Chronology
Followed by	Dame Edna's Neighbourhood Watch (1992)
Related shows	A Night On Mount Edna (1990)

The Dame Edna Experience is a British television comedy talk-show hosted by Dame Edna Everage (a character played by Australian satirist Barry Humphries). It ran for twelve regular episodes on ITV, plus two Christmas specials.

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 was the announcer, with orchestra conducted and arranged by Laurie Holloway.

Each program featured several celebrity guests, usually three, but some programs included up to eight guests. There would also be other invited "guests" like Kurt Waldheim and Imelda Marcos who once introduced at stage right would fall victim to a trap door or something similar and fail to make it to their chair.

The entire series was released on DVD (for Region 1) by BBC Video in June 2004, and can now also be purchased as a complete set including the 1987 Christmas special and the three An Audience with Dame Edna specials, plus other material.

The series was released for Region 2 by Network DVD in the UK in 2007, as a 4-disc set. It includes the 1987 Christmas special and the one-off 1990 Christmas special A Night On Mount Edna with guests Mel Gibson, Charlton Heston, Gina Lollobrigida and Julio Iglesias.