Astronauts (TV series)

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The Arthur Askey Show
Genre	Sitcom
Running time	30 minutes
Starring	Christopher Godwin Carmen Du Sautoy Barrie Rutter Bruce Boa
Country of origin	UK
Original channel	ITV
Original run	26 October 1981–23 August 1983
No. of episodes	13
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Astronauts was a British sitcom that ran for two series from 1981 to 1983. It was written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie, two of The Goodies. Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, who wrote Porridge, were script editors. It is not currently available on DVD.

1 Cast
2 Plot
3 Episodes
- 3.1 Series One (1981)
- 3.2 Series Two (1983)
4 American version
5 References

[edit] Cast

Christopher Godwin - Commander Malcolm Mattocks
Carmen Du Sautoy - Dr. Gentian Foster
Barrie Rutter - Technical Officer David Ackroyd
Bruce Boa - Beadle

[edit] Plot

In Astronauts, Britain's first three astronauts are sent off into outer space to occupy a 'sky lab' for six months. They take with them a dog, white mice and some insects. The dog, Bimbo, had previously appeared in The Goodies. The astronauts are Malcolm Mattocks, Gentian Foster and David Ackroyd. The astronaut's contact at Mission Control is Beadle, an American. The main humour came from the claustrophic conditions of the two room 'sky lab', and tension it brought.

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Series One (1981)

Episode One (26 Oct 81)
Episode Two (2 Nov 81)
Episode Three (9 Nov 81)
Absence Makes The Heart (16 Nov 81)
We Are Not Alone (23 Nov 81)
One Week To Go (30 Nov 81)
Going Home (7 Dec 81)

[edit] Series Two (1983)

Episode One (19 Jul 83)
Episode Two (26 Jul 83)
Episode Three (2 Aug 83)
Episode Four (9 Aug 83)
Episode Five (16 Aug 83)
Episode Six (23 Aug 83)

[edit] American version

On 11 August 1982, CBS showed a pilot for an American adaptation called The Astronauts, but no series developed. It starred Granville Van Dusen as Mattocks, Brianne Leary as Foster, Bruce Davison as Ackroyd and McLean Stevenson as Beadle.