Whoops Apocalypse... intro

This is the intro scene to Whoops Apocalypse, the 1982 cold war British comedy. Never repeated and never released on video or DVD.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• america
• britain
• middle
• east
• russia
• war
• dubya
• bush
• politics
• comedy
• funny
• nostalgia
• iran

[lbjb247]

Good to see this. Though I thought I shoud tell you; it was released on video; although it was all the episodes edited into a feature lengeth version. I have a copy of it; although it's one from the 80s so the picture quality's a bit crap, but it is out there.

[johnnynigma]

The film remake wasn't half as good as the original series (which has just been released on DVD although the film has been available for ages). Channel 4 once repeated the orignal ITV series and there was also an accompanying book to the series.

Hopefully, some other classic TV comedy series will be released such as the classic early Channel 4 schlock sci-fi/horror/conspiracy comedy series "They Came From Somewhere Else".

[chip64c]

I think the film is just funny

[antster1983]

@pubwebmaster Got the DVD! :D

WEAR YOUR MUSHROOM WITH PRIDE

[maurice]

It'ssignifcant that the TV version achieved a rare defiance if the rule that TV comedy must always be Labour biased, it made fun of a CND Labour government being mad + a cause of the apocalypse - that was accurate + highly topical when it was made, the real life danger with early 80s Labour. But in the film version, the comedy lefty establishment sternly stepped in and reimposed their thought control, the mad government in the story was changed to Tory.

[LinuxManUK]

always thought that mushroom seller was creepy ..

[MormonJezus]

@lbjb247 I had one too, a newer release with decent quality but I've gone and lost it.

Been looking on the web sporadically for a few years and I've finally found a place to download it :P

[pubwebmaster]

DVD is out this Monday from Network!

[radiodarkhorse]

Thanks for uploading! Haven't seen this for years. Remember it as a kid. It was a great show

[Ultramarine646]

I wish they would repeat it or put it on DVD. I've only got the film.

[nedoflanders2]

No, there was a video company throughout the 80's and 90's called 'Channel 5' - they were bought up by Universal eventually.

So there was no connection between the company and the channel.

[AidanLunn]

channel 5 video in 1987? Channel 5 (in the UK) didn't launch until 1997.