The Fast Show

Old favourites return, joined by characters like the filthy Duke of Wybourne, Chip Cobb, the deaf stuntman, eco-warrior Dave Angel and oily car salesman Swiss Toni.

More characters join the regulars this week - including Johnny Gosling, the nice artist who hides a dark secret, and Mister Kipling, who reminisces about his glorious schooldays, when random violence and premature death were all part of the curriculum. Plus Competitive Dad helps out at a school play and Inspector Monkfish goes undercover in his own inimitable way.

The Suits You Sir tailors take on a new, young assistant, Unlucky Alf visits a fairground and the Off Roaders go potholing. 

This episode sees the return of Bob Fleming and his chums, enjoying a traditional English drinking pursuit. 

Jazz Club challenges the very not notion of music itself and Arthur Atkinson stars in the smash hit seventies sex-comedy film 'Confessions of a Door-to-Door Cucumber Salesman'. 

Meanwhile, on the bleak Yorkshire Moors, a lonely hiker makes the fatal mistake of stopping to ask for water. 

Channel Nine hosts a TV awards ceremony, the deaf stuntman gets carried away on a motorbike and Competitive Dad challenges his son to a tennis match. Plus the Suits You Sir tailors get their comeuppance when they have to serve a customer who is even more perverse and uninhibited than they are. 
 

Meet spymaster George Wily and go out on the beat with Chris the Crafty Cockney's cousin - Cliff, the Crafty Copper, who "will nick anyone". Plus Unlucky Alf decides it's finally time to get the electricians in when he is held hostage by his home appliances.

Chip Cobb, the deaf stuntman, goes out in a blaze of glory, while Ron Manager is confused by the concept of a female sports anchor person and the Posh Cockneys visit a northern pub. Roger the middle-class football fan attempts to explain the off-side rule and Channel 9's exotic cookery programme tastes the delights of English cuisine. Plus a girl that men can't hear.

The Off Roaders go white-water rafting and Rowley Birkin presents a slide show, while Channel 9 present their version of the children's fairytale classic, 'The Singing, Ringing Tree'. Arthur Atkinson features in a play written specially for him by Samuel Beckett, Dave Angel lets us in on his unusual hobby and Ralph makes a moving speech at a funeral.