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Do Not Adjust Your Set (Series 1 episode 4) PG rating

A previously unreleased and newly restored episode of the classic pre-Python comedy show, featuring some distinctly surreal sketches.

Children's 1968 21 mins

Director: Daphne Shadwell

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Overview

Presented here thanks to our friends at Prix Jeunesse International, this episode – subsequently restored by Kaleidoscope and making its VOD debut here – reflects the team getting into its stride as writers and performers. Note the tightly written excellence of the β€˜Travelling Kettle’ sketch, and, conversely, the increasingly sprawling, surreal scope of Captain Fantastic – seemingly growing stranger with each odd episode. Performing a spirited live vocal for β€˜Ali Baba’s Camel’, Viv Stanshall makes it quite clear to the kiddies what kind of LSD he’s talking about, and Neil Innes steals a sketch as a spinsterish pianist struggling with her spectacles.

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