TV series
Not with a Bang
1990 · 1 season
A wry, low-key apocalypse comedy where bickering survivors make the end of the world feel like a drab, mildly absurd sitcom.
- Created by
- Robin Carr
- Genres
- Comedy, Sci-fi & fantasy
- Starring
- Ronald Pickup, Stephen Rea, Mike Grady
- Overview
- Not with a Bang was a short-lived British television sitcom produced by London Weekend Television in 1990. It ran for seven episodes, each 30 minutes long. The show was a dark science fiction comedy, focusing on the end of the human race on Earth. The title comes from the last line of T. S. Eliot's poem The Hollow Men "not with a bang, but a whimper".
- How it feels
- Dark, satirical, absurd and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Survival, isolation, parenthood, identity
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Robin Carr
- Genres
- Comedy, Sci-fi & fantasy
- Starring
- Ronald Pickup, Stephen Rea, Mike Grady
