Theres a lot of it about - s01e02 - Spike Milligan (1982) [VHSRip (DivX)]

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After Spike Milligan's last series with the 'Q' prefix was aired in 1980, the general consensus was that the format had

gone stale, and the lousy reviews only confirmed it. The BBC still wanted Spike, who was never at his best on

television, so they compromised - they let him make another series with the same theme tune and mostly the same cast -

but with a different name, hence 'There's A Lot Of It About' (TALOIA for short). Another wise decision was to lift some

of the writing burden from old Spike, who could get away with murder if left to write all the material by himself, and

two relative newcomers were brought in, Andrew Marshall and David Renwick

This series turned out to be Spike's last for the BBC and it's probably his best work, but still very much a cult item,

and if you're likely to be offended by racial stereotypes or big women in corsets, steer well clear.

Writer: David Renwick, Andrew Marshall, Neil Shand, Spike Milligan


Director: Alan J. W. Bell


Star: Spike Milligan (Various), John Bluthal (Various), Keith Smith (Various), Alan Clare (Various), Suzanne

Sinclair (Various), Linzi Drew (Various)


Guest Star: Raymond Baxter (Himself)




Size 226 MB


Video: DivX 5.x/6.x, 42,839 kbs, 640 x 480


Audio MPEG-1 Layer 3, 32000Hz 96 kb/s tot , Joint Stereo


Length 28:33 mins


Aired: 20 September 1982




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