The Steam Video Company

Fresh from their success at LWT with End of Part One, writers Andrew Marshall and David Renwick gave us this surreal sketch show, a kind of low-budget ITV version of Ripping Yarns which spoofed celluloid thrillers. It wasn't always funny, but there are plenty of memorable moments. Besides, I'm prepared to forgive a show ANYTHING if the legendary William Franklyn and Barry Cryer are among the cast. The rest of the ensemble is a weird mix of traditional, alternative and… er… soft-core porn! Jimmy Mulville appears alongside Bob Todd, Anna Dawson and Madeleine Smith. Look out for the Hitchcockian Thames end board. (tx dates 19/01 – 23/02/1984)