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About Alexei Sayle's Stuff

Alexei Sayle's Stuff is a comedy TV series that premiered on BBC Two on October 13, 1988. It has 3 seasons and 18 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 3 Episode 6 "What's This Organ Doing in the Scullery ?", aired on November 7, 1991.

Alexei Sayle's Stuff is a comedy sketch show which ran on BBC2 for a total of 18 episodes over 3 series from 1988 to 1991.

  • Comedy

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Episodes

18 episodes · 3 seasons

Season 1

1988 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 38 years ago

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    6. How to Point at Chickens

    Finale

    Wonder at nature and the life cycle of the smoked salmon, learn of recent mass lay-offs in the works of Charles Dickens, experience the awkwardness of Jehovah's Witnesses on discovering they've knocked on the door of a lodging house for Biblical figures.

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    5. Liebnitz: Man or Biscuit ?

    Scream in terror at 'Revenge Of The Bendy Toys', attend parties with man-eating Triffids, learn how to defend yourself against skinheads through the use of puckish epigrams, and visit the Princess Alexei Home For Bereaved Ventriloquist's Dummies.

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    4. The Dobsey Twins Isolate Radium

    Witness what happens when two TV travel programmes experience a near collision, learn about Captain Pugwash's subsequent career as controller of BBC Two, and investigate the prong-horned antelope, a member of the gerbil family and a full-time stewardess with British Airways.

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    3. Cartesian Dualism for the Fuller Figure

    27 October 1988 Instead of watching Alexei, why not stay on BBC1 and return to the age of sword and sorcery, in Dino de Laurentiis epic 'Seal Of The Soothsayer' ? Alternatively, discover the link between Classical Greek mathematicians and dung, and witness walruses flying south for the winter.

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    2. From Avogadro to Ava Gardner

    Alexei investigates Einstein's Wilderness Years writing scripts for George Formby films, the Queen's Award For Capitalist Exploitation, sings about word association and reveals that he once abused drugs by insulting paracetamol.

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    1. Fun with Magnets

    At the beginning of Alexei's quest to explore stuff, we investigate the abject failure of social services to prevent Herod's massacre of the innocents and the bloody reign of Vlad the Impaler, why the BBC is better than you, door-to-door cat boilers, and Freddy Kreuger's tenure as head of the Royal Opera Company, while dancing around in a series of tight suits.

Season 2

1989 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 36 years ago

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    6. Margaret Drabble: The Hard Way

    Finale

    A real-life story of bravery as Michael, decapitated by a charging rhinoceros at age 24, undergoes cranial lignoplasty to replace his head, and has to endure the difficulties of life with a skull of polished walnut.

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    5. Whistling Calculus for Tax Purposes

    This week on Juliet Bravo, danger threatens for Inspector Kate Longton, as she has to explain to her Sergeant that she is a woman, rather than a wigwam, and enlists the aid of Chief Inspector Greaves and Superintendent Willis to teach him about the birds and the bees.

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    4. Six Bodybuilders of the Italian Renaissance

    This week's show is interrupted by a newsflash that the government is about to introduce plans for something that'll make your flesh creep, and there's nothing you can do about it. Meanwhile, Alexei abuses Dire Straits and presents The Royal Pointless and Utterly Futile Military Things Tournament.

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    3. My Pal Mozart

    Discover the answers to last week's IQ test, experience Biblical confusion, witness brutally graphic scenes of teddy bear hunting, and learn that glasnost is a kind of runny cheese.

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    2. Westward H20!

    Lowestoft, with its Barbados-like climate, offers much to the adventurous traveller, including excursions to the Great Pyramids of Lowestoft and trips to the majestic Lowestoft Alps. Joan of Arc takes a chance to plug her new book and album, while we learn of the alarming growth in the number of statistics in the UK during the 20th century.

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    1. Tinkering with Teeth

    George Bernard Shaw advertises Beauty Miss press-on fingernails, we learn about the animation process that brings Alexei to life, hear of the impact of the National Film Critics' strike, and witness Margaret Thatcher visiting 17th century bubonic plague victims in the TARDIS.

Season 3

1991 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 35 years ago

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    6. What's This Organ Doing in the Scullery ?

    Finale

    'Points Of View', the plight of the invisible and 'Burying People Alive'.

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    5. Vanessa Goes Bonkers

    The dangers of falling dolphins, Quasimodo, Biblical infallibility, alien holiday snaps and insects in industry.

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    4. Why Are They Now ?

    A gritty behind-the-scenes look at Dial-A-Pizza, coverage of the London Bird Goldfields corruption trial at the Old Bailey, Tom & Jerry press conferences, and 'Santa Claus :Polar Czar'.

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    3. Buckle My Chives

    Smile, you're on Candid Cardinal. Plus more Monsieur Aubergine, low-budget BBC Studios Tours, and life as Her Majesty's Master of Jokes and Japes.

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    2. Clam Nation

    A few moments with Sir William Rees-Mogg.

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    1. Yellow The Follow Rick Broad

    Wind past the trailers at the start of the tape for 'Beverley Hills Sponge', 'Things Exploding' and 'Things Exploding II - Everything Explodes' to experience the sadness that is mime, the dangers of badger-watching, and the awfulness of British films.

Cast & crew

  • Robin Ray

  • Angus Deayton

    Angus Deayton

  • Pete Murray

  • Anna Carteret

  • Tip Tipping

  • Leslie Crowther

    Leslie Crowther

  • Julian Pettifer

  • Jan Ravens

    Jan Ravens

  • Doris Hare

    Doris Hare

  • Pauline Melville

    Pauline Melville

  • Patsy Smart

  • Frank Middlemass

    Frank Middlemass

  • Morwenna Banks

    Morwenna Banks

  • Owen Brenman

    Owen Brenman

Alexei Sayle's Stuff FAQ

Will there be new episodes of Alexei Sayle's Stuff?

Alexei Sayle's Stuff has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on November 7, 1991.

When did the latest episode of Alexei Sayle's Stuff come out?

The most recent episode of Alexei Sayle's Stuff, Season 3 Episode 6 "What's This Organ Doing in the Scullery ?", aired on November 7, 1991.

How many seasons of Alexei Sayle's Stuff are there?

Alexei Sayle's Stuff has 3 seasons with 18 episodes in total.

When did Alexei Sayle's Stuff first air?

Alexei Sayle's Stuff first aired on BBC Two on October 13, 1988.

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