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Whoops Apocalypse
LWT/ITV; UK 1982; Network DVD/Region 2; Certificate 15; 240 minutes; Aspect Ratio 4:3; Features: Jonathan Sloman viewing notes PDF, 'Whoops Apocalypse' feature film, script PDFs
Programme: This topical political satire was made in the wake of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Rejected by BBC head of comedy John Howard Davies as "heavyhanded" and "over-ambitious", the series eventually found an unlikely home on ITV. It's caught somewhere between the occasional inscrutability of Monty Python and the freewheeling drop-out anarchy of The Young On« (John Cieese...