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S01E02: Q5, Episode 2
Sketches include Pim Pom Pom Pom Pom, Partly Political Broadcasts, Plastic Inflatable Sympathy, Hump, Water, Russian Entertainment Spies, Live From Westminster, Rose Marie, Sports Parade, Scotland, Inspector Macshagnasty, Weather, Steamroller
Overview
Q... was a surreal television comedy sketch show from Spike Milligan which ran from 1969 to 1982 on BBC2. There were six series in all, the first five numbered from Q5 to Q9, and a final series titled There's a Lot of It About. The first and third series ran for seven episodes, and the others for six episodes, each of which was 30 minutes long.
Various reasons have been suggested for the title. One possibility is that it was inspired by the project to construct the Cunard liner QE2, launched in September 1967, which was dubbed Q4. Another theory is that Milligan was inspired by the BBC 6-point technical quality scale of the time, where "Q5" was severe degradation to picture or sound, and "Q6" was complete loss of sound or vision. This was extended by some engineering departments to a 9-point scale, finishing at "Q9". According to Milligan's autobiography, the final series was renamed There's a Lot of It About after the BBC felt the public might find Q10 too confusing.
Episodes
S01E02 Q5, Episode 2
Sketches include Pim Pom Pom Pom Pom, Partly Political Broadcasts, Plastic Inflatable Sympathy, Hump, Water, Russian Entertainment Spies, Live From Westminster, Rose Marie, Sports Parade, Scotland, Inspector Macshagnasty, Weather, Steamroller
S01E03 Q5, Episode 3
Sketches Include: Weighing Machine, Wages, Custard Pies, Jewish, Instant Husband, Knowledge of the World, Ava Maria, Aristotle Lunge, Operation, Funny Gravy Competition, Yesterday, Police Recruitment, Harry Secombe in Court, Two Doctors, Folks Back Home, Piano,...
S01E04 Q5, Episode 4
S01E05 Q5, Episode 5
S01E06 Q5, Episode 6
S01E07 Q5, Episode 7
Cast
Spike Milligan
David Lodge
Peter Jones
Alan Clare
Julia Breck
John Bluthal
John Wells
Richard Ingrams
Rita Webb
Robert Dorning
