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"Bottom please, Piers"
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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. Starring Rik Mayal as the MP with the biggest majority in the house and Michael Troughton as his side kick Piers. It ran for Four seasons but seemed to lose something after he stopped being one of Thatchers storm troopers.
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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 LAWRENCE 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
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SEASON 1 (13 SEP - 25 OCT 1987)
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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. ABA ABA BLACK SHEEP
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SEASON 2 (15 JAN - 26 FE 1989)
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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 INS SPECIAL EPISODE : COMIC RELIEF : BBC MARCH 1989
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70 INS SPECIAL : 'WHO SHOT ALAN B'STARD' 14TH JAN 1990
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SEASON 3 (6 JAN - 10 FE 1991)
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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)
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1. BACK FROM THE MORT
2. H*A*S*H*
3. SPEAKING IN TONGUES
4. HELL AND FAREWELL
5. A BIGGER SPLASH
6. THE IRRESISTIBLE RISE OF ALAN B'STARD
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