The Melting Pot (television programme)

The Melting Pot was an ill-fated television situation comedy on BBC in 1975.

It starred Spike Milligan, and was written by him and Neil Shand.

Milligan played Mr. Van Gogh, one of two Asian illegal immigrants shown as landing on a beach in Britain, and making it to a district of London known as "the melting pot" in the first episode.

It was supposed to be a series of six episodes, but was cancelled after the screening of the first episode and the remaining five have never been broadcast. It was considered by some to handle racial issues in an insensitive way.