1 9 8 5 (UK)
6 x 30 minute episodes
Mid-80s sketch comedy show from England’s Channel 4. Originally broadcast at 11:00 pm on Saturday nights between 14 September and 19 October 1985, the cast comprised Hale & Pace, future Red Dwarf star Chris Barrie and Carla Mendonca.
Featured black and white parodies of Ready Steady Go! and Beatles send-ups – “Marianne Bumba, I’ve got your number…”
<in the style of Gene Pitney> “Because I only . . . sing like this ’cause of my ul-cerrrr!”
Gareth Hale
Norman Pace
Chris Barrie
Carla Mendonca