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There's A Lot Of It About

1982 · 1 season

A scattershot barrage of silly voices and surreal sketches that rewards patience with sudden, gleeful nonsense.

Created by
Alan J.W. Bell
Genres
Comedy
Starring
John Bluthal, David Lodge, Julia Breck
Overview
Spike Milligan sketch series created after the BBC apparently thought another 'Q' would confuse people - continues in the same anarchic & often politically incorrect vein.

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Created by
Alan J.W. Bell
Genres
Comedy
Starring
John Bluthal, David Lodge, Julia Breck
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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • media
  • identity
  • politics
  • madness
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour9
Realism3
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Created by
Alan J.W. Bell
Written by
Andrew Marshall, David Renwick
Starring
John Bluthal, David Lodge, Julia Breck, Spike Milligan, Alan Clare, Linzi Drew, Keith Smith, David Rappaport
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 30 min each
Network
BBC Two
Languages
English

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