Episodes 13

1 Whicker's World

October 19, 1972

30m

Features gags and sketches such as Multiple Murderer Court Scene, Njorl's Saga and Whicker’s World.

2 Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular

October 26, 1972

29m

Features Emigration from Surbiton to Hounslow, The Fish Slapping Dance, SS Mother Goose, Trim-Jeans Theatre and some very famous guests.

3 The Money Programme

November 2, 1972

29m

Features The Money Programme, Erizabeth L, Dead Bishop, Jungle Restaurant and The Argument Skit.

4 Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror

November 9, 1972

30m

Features gags and sketches such as Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror, The Man who Speaks in Anagrams and Pantomime Horses.

5 The All-England Summarise Proust Competition

November 16, 1972

30m

Featuring in this episode The All-England Summarise Proust Competition, Fire Brigade, Travel Agent and Party Hints with Veronica Smalls.

6 The War Against Pornography

November 23, 1972

28m

Sketches in this episode include Tory Housewives Clean-up Campaign, Gumby Brain Specialist, Expedition to Lake Pahoe and The Silliest Interview We've Ever Had.

7 Salad Days

November 30, 1972

28m

Features gags and sketches such as Biggles Dictates a Letter, Climbing the North Face of the Uxbridge Road, Lifeboat and The Cheese Shop.

8 The Cycling Tour

December 7, 1972

30m

This episode tells the story of Mr Pither as he embarks on his Cycling Tour.

9 The Nude Organist

December 14, 1972

30m

Features gags and sketches such as Bomb on Plane, Mortuary Hour, The Olympic Hide-and-Seek Final, The Cheap Laughs and Prices on the Planet Algon.

10 E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease

December 21, 1972

27m

Sketches include The Tudor Jobs Agency, Elizabethan Pornography Smugglers, Thripshaw's Disease and The Man Who Says Words in the Wrong Order.

11 Dennis Moore

January 4, 1973

31m

Features the sketches Dennis Moore, What the Stars Foretell, The Ideal Loon Exhibition, Off-Licence and Prejudice.

12 A Book at Bedtime

January 11, 1973

24m

Features gags and sketches such as A Book at Bedtime, Kamikaze Scotsmen, No Time to Lose, Spot the Looney and Frontiers of Medicine-Penguins.

13 Grandstand (or: The British Showbiz Awards)

January 18, 1973

26m

Sketches include The Oscar Wilde Sketch, David Niven’s Fridge, Pasolini’s ‘The Third Test Match’, New Brain from Currys, Blood Donor and the Dirty Vicar Sketch.

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