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It's a kind of Yes Minister meets The Young Ones and is yet another classic.
All actors are at their very best in one of ITV's greatest ever comedies.
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PRODUCTION DETAILS:
GRANADA TELEVISION(ITV)
4 SEASONS : TOTALLING 26 X 25 MINUTE EPISODES
PLUS 2 SPECIAL EPISODES
CREATED AND WRITTEN BY LAURENCE MARKS & MAURICE GRAN
DIRECTED BY GEOFFREY SAX & GRAEME HARPER
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MAIN CAST OF CHARACTERS :
ALAN B'STARD MP - RIK MAYALL
SARAH B'STARD - MARSHA FITZALAN
PIERS FLETCHER-DERVISH - MICHAEL TROUGHTON
SIR GREVILLE McDONALD - TERENCE ALEXANDER
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EPISODE GUIDE:
SEASON 1 (13 SEP - 25 OCT 1987)
1.HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN
2.PASSPORT TO FREEDOM
3.SEX IS WRONG
4.WASTE NOT,WANT NOT
5.FRIENDS OF ST.JAMES
6.THREE LINE WHIPPING
7.BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP
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SEASON 2 (15 JAN - 26 FEB 1989)
1.FATAL EXTRACTION
2.LIVE FROM WESTMINSTER
3.A WAPPING CONSPIRACY
4.THE HALTEMPRICE BUNKER
5.CALIFORNIA HERE I COME
6.MAY THE BEST MAN WIN
7.PIERS OF THE REALM
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15 MINS SPECIAL EPISODE : COMIC RELIEF : BBC1 MARCH 1989 ?
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70 MINS SPECIAL : 'WHO SHOT ALAN B'STARD?'
14TH JAN 1990
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SEASON 3 (6 JAN - 10 FEB 1991)
1.LABOUR OF LOVE
2.THE PARTY'S OVER
3.LET THEM SNIFF CAKE
4.KEEPING MUM
5.NATURAL SELECTION
6.PROFIT OF BOOM
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SEASON 4 (22 NOV - 26 DEC 1992)
1.BACK FROM THE MORT
2.H*A*S*H*
3.SPEAKING IN TONGUES
4.HELL AND FAREWELL
5.A BIGGER SPLASH
6.THE IRRESISTABLE RISE OF ALAN B'STARD
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