Please see acknowledgements at end. Dates and titles are taken from the Radio Times- in some cases the BBC has published differing dates. Some programs were broadcast first on overseas services. Some programs were not broadcast on the published dates due to late program changes.
In the first two series One was played by Wilfred Hyde White.
In subsequent years One was played by Derek Guyler. Many of the WHW episodes were remade with DG and broadcast as shown below.
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Date |
Title |
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SEASON ONE |
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30 Oct 1962 |
The Great Footwear Scandal |
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06 Nov 1962 |
The Big Rocket |
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13 Nov 1962 |
Strictly for the Birds |
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20 Nov 1962 |
French Cricket |
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27 Nov 1962 |
The War with the Isle of Wight |
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04 Dec 1962 |
Moderately Important Person |
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11 Dec 1962 |
The Rhubarb Pirates |
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18 Dec 1962 |
A Matter of Form |
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25 Dec 1962 |
The Magic Carpet |
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01 Jan 1963 |
The Spy in Black Pin-Stripe |
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08 Jan 1963 |
Island in the Sun |
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15 Jan 1963 |
Problem in the Park |
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22 Jan 1963 |
The End of the Road |
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SPECIAL |
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24 Dec 1964 |
A Present for Norman |
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SERIES TWO |
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25 Jul 1965 |
Pirates of Lakeview Reservoir |
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01 Aug 1965 |
Something About a Soldier |
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08 Aug 1965 |
The Trouble with Cecil |
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15 Aug 1965 |
Mahboni Lies Over the Ocean |
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22 Aug 1965 |
The Man Who Made It Rain |
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29 Aug 1965 |
Train of Events |
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05 Sep 1965 |
A Degrading Business |
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12 Sep 1965 |
The Butcher of Glensporran |
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19 Sep 1965 |
Counter Spies |
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26 Sep 1965 |
A Question of Redundancy |
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03 Oct 1965 |
A Back Dated Problem |
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10 Oct 1965 |
The Hole |
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17 Oct 1965 |
The Day the Martians Came |
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SERIES THREE |
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11 Dec 1966 |
Rebel in Regent's Park |
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18 Dec 1966 |
A Terrifying Weapon |
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25 Dec 1966 |
The Post Office Pantomime |
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01 Jan 1967 |
All at Sea |
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08 Jan 1967 |
Bowler Hats and Sub-Machine Guns |
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15 Jan 1967 |
On the Run |
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22 Jan 1967 |
A Gift for Sir Gregory |
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29 Jan 1967 |
The Whitehall Circus |
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05 Feb 1967 |
Customs of the Country |
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12 Feb 1967 |
Getting the Bird |
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19 Feb 1967 |
The Girl in the Case |
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26 Feb 1967 |
The Thing on the Beach |
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05 Mar 1967 |
A Slight Case of Demolition |
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12 Mar 1967 |
The Fastest Ship in the World |
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> FOURTH SERIES |
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18 Feb 1968 |
The Battle of the River Thames |
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25 Feb 1968 |
The Tubby Submarine |
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03 Mar 1968 |
A Matter of Breeding |
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10 Mar 1968 |
The Great Showbiz Fiasco |
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17 Mar 1968 |
Up the Poll |
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24 Mar 1968 |
Waterway to Go |
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31 Mar 1968 |
Dam Nuisance |
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07 Apr 1968 |
The Fastest Brolly in the West |
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14 Apr 1968 |
Lamb Takes a Gambol |
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21 Apr 1968 |
Four Men in a Wellington |
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29 Apr 1968 |
Out of this World |
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05 May 1968 |
Muddlers-in-Law |
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12 May 1968 |
What has Four Wheels and Flies? |
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FIFTH SERIES |
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15 Feb 1969 |
A Rotten System |
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22 Feb 1969 |
Non-Vintage Bomb |
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01 Mar 1969 |
The Ship that Wagged its Tail |
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08 Mar 1969 |
A Brush with an Old Master |
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15 Mar 1969 |
All Play and No Work |
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22 Mar 1969 |
A Sticky Business |
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SIXTH SERIES |
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30 Jun 1970 |
Bye-Bye Mildred |
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07 Jul 1970 |
Bare Necessities |
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14 Jul 1970 |
Storm in a Tea Urn |
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21 Jul 1970 |
The Moving Target |
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28 Jul 1970 |
Oil Well That Ends Well |
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04 Aug 1970 |
The Bigger the Better |
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11 Aug 1970 |
Trouble in the Air |
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18 Aug 1970 |
Miss Chartterly's Lover |
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25 Aug 1970 |
The Pudding from Outer Space |
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01 Sep 1970 |
A Little of what you Fancy |
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08 Sep 1970 |
A Bird in the Hand |
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15 Sep 1970 |
Bringing the House Down |
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22 Sep 1970 |
Fair Exchange |
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29 Sep 1970 |
Bill Stickers is Innocent |
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SEVENTH SERIES |
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29 Jul 1971 |
Rolling In It |
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05 Aug 1971 |
Up, Up and Away |
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12 Aug 1971 |
Thoroughly Modern Ministry |
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19 Aug 1971 |
We All Make Mistakes |
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26 Aug 1971 |
The Foolproof Fool |
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02 Sep 1971 |
Rotten to the Corps |
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09 Sep 1971 |
Transatlantic Trouble |
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16 Sep 1971 |
The Finger of Suspicion |
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23 Sep 1971 |
Just the Ticket |
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29 Nov 1971 |
Gone to Pot |
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EIGHTH SERIES |
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11 Jul 1972 |
The Conference Trick |
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18 Jul 1972 |
The Night we Crept into the Crypt |
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25 Jul 1972 |
How Now, Brown Cow |
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01 Aug 1972 |
Sorry, Wrong Number |
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08 Aug 1972 |
The Desk Job |
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15 Aug 1972 |
Fowl Play |
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22 Aug 1972 |
Something of Value |
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29 Aug 1972 |
Taking Leave of Their Census |
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NINTH SERIES |
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06 Mar 1973 |
That's My Pigeon |
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13 Mar 1973 |
Don't Let Them Needle You |
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20 Mar 1973 |
Find the Lady |
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27 Mar 1973 |
Bridge Under Troubled Waters |
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03 Apr 1973 |
A Private Affair |
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10 Apr 1973 |
Food for Thought |
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17 Apr 1973 |
Getting it Taped |
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24 Apr 1973 |
Safe and Unsound |
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01 May 1973 |
The Export Caper |
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08 May 1973 |
Flushed with Success |
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15 May 1973 |
Under the Weather |
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22 May 1973 |
Monkey Business |
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29 May 1973 |
Cheesed Off |
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SERIES TEN |
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17 Jun 1974 |
Plane Madness |
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24 Jun 1974 |
Vipers in the Bosom |
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01 Jul 1974 |
Great Guns |
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08 Jul 1974 |
I Want My Mummy |
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15 Jul 1974 |
One Man's Meat |
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22 Jul 1974 |
Ballet Nuisance |
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29 Jul 1974 |
Sky High |
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05 Aug 1974 |
A Break for Sir Gregory |
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12 Aug 1974 |
Health and Deficiency |
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19 Aug 1974 |
Big Deal |
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26 Aug 1974 |
They Fry By Night |
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02 Sep 1974 |
In the Picture |
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09 Sep 1974 |
She'll Have to Go |
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SERIES ELEVEN |
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26 May 1975 |
Nothing but the Vest |
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02 Jun 1975 |
That's My Baby |
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09 Jun 1975 |
All that Glitters |
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16 Jun 1975 |
Torn to Shreds |
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23 Jun 1975 |
Wool Over Their Eyes |
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30 Jun 1975 |
This, VAT & the Other |
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07 Jul 1975 |
The Great Trouser Troubles |
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14 Jul 1975 |
The Cabinet Crisis |
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21 Jul 1975 |
Chain Reaction |
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28 Jul 1975 |
All Change |
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04 Aug 1975 |
A Merry Dance |
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11 Aug 1975 |
A Sense of Power |
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18 Aug 1975 |
Postal Disorder |
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SERIES TWELVE |
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06 Jul 1976 |
All Cisterns Go |
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13 Jul 1976 |
A Problem Shared |
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20 Jul 1976 |
The Whitehall Castaways |
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27 Jul 1976 |
Off the Railes |
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03 Aug 1976 |
Penny Wise |
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10 Aug 1976 |
A Turn for the Nurse |
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17 Aug 1976 |
Seal of Office |
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24 Aug 1976 |
Birmingham is Revolting |
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SERIES THIRTEEN |
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04 Jul 1977 |
Mission Inedible |
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11 Jul 1977 |
Horse Play |
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18 Jul 1977 |
The Big Big "Big Ben" Bungle |
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25 Jul 1977 |
A Motley Crew |
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01 Aug 1977 |
Not On Your Telly |
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08 Aug 1977 |
One Way Only |
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15 Aug 1977 |
Take Your Pick |
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22 Aug 1977 |
Claws (The Claw of the Panda) |
Update: Beginning December 2011 BBC Radio 4 Extra (formerly BBC7) rebroadcast these episodes.
Generally speaking many episode titles changed between the recording and the TX in the UK and overseas. Some scripts were revised and recorded at a later date, again with a new sub-title.
The following "series 14" transcription shows made in 1980 with Derek Guyler exist. Most of these are remakes of the Wilfred Hyde White episodes. (see BBC note above)-
New title: Old title:
01. Boots The Great Footwear Scandal
02. Pardon My French French Cricket
03. Traffic Diversions The End of the Road
04. Watch This Space The Big Rocket
05. Birds of a Feather Strictly for the Birds
06. Where There's a Will Problem in the Park aka Cast in Stone
07. The Country Caper The Rhubarb Pirates aka Down on the farm
08. Ban The Wotsit A Terrifying Weapon
09. A Testing Time A Degrading Business
10. Pushing the Vote Out Up The Poll
11. Gone To Earth The Hole
12. Computaclanger The Trouble With Cecil
13. A Great Convenience A Slight Case Of Demolition
14. The Christmas Spirit The Magic Carpet
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (All errors are mine)
Ken Ince; Andrew Pixley; David Rand; Nigel Deacon; Don Hannah; Michael Yates; Roger Bickerton, ORCA;
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