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How Not To Be Seen

Comedy

29

Dec 7, 1970

Conquistador coffee campaign; Repeating groove; Ramsey MacDonald striptease; Job hunter; International Chinese Communist Conspiracy; Crelm Toothpaste/Shrill petrol; Agatha Christie sketch (railway timetables).

Full Episodes

Season 2, 13 episodes

Face The Press / Dinsdale!,

A sketch about the Ministry of Silly Walks. Also: a British minister- attired in a pink tulle dress- talks about housing; 30 gas company workers investigate the installation of a stove; a giant hedgehog wanders London.

30m Sep 14, 1970

The Spanish Inquisition,

An offbeat look at the Spanish Inquisition; an unconventional version of "Wuthering Heights." Also: a jury plays charades while delivering its verdict; a man attempts to find one nontaxable pleasure.

30m Sep 21, 1970

Deja Vu / Show 5,

Sketches include: Flying Lessons, Hijacked Plane, Psychiatrist Milkman, Complaints, Déjà vu.

30m Sep 28, 1970

The Buzz Aldrin Show,

A super-sleuth bishop investigates a suspicious insurance business; an elderly couple construct a house that has no walls.

30m Oct 19, 1970

Live From The Grill-O-Mat Snack Bar, Paignton,

Contestants vie for incriminating photos in "The Blackmail Game"; a boxer spars with schoolgirls.

30m Oct 26, 1970

It's A Living / School Prizes,

Sketches include: The time on BBC 1, School Prize Giving, Films by Mr. Dibley, Timmy Williams Interview, Election Night Special

30m Nov 2, 1970

The Attila The Hun Show,

"The Attila the Hun Show"; a burlesque performance by government ministers; a documentary study of village idiots. Also: political groupies pursue MPs.

27m Nov 9, 1970

Archaeology Today,

A dissatisfied bridegroom tries to exchange his spouse; hunters pursue a terrifying mosquito; domestic problems interrupt the work of Beethoven, Shakespeare, Michelangelo and other creative geniuses.

29m Nov 16, 1970

How To Recognise Different Parts Of The Body,

A University of Woolamaloo philosophy-department meeting---the members of which are all named Bruce; an exploding penguin; a radio version of "The Death of Mary Queen of Scots." Also: advice on how to pick up a cosmetic surgeon.

30m Nov 23, 1970

Scott Of The Antarctic,

Foam-rubber snow and a stuffed lion are featured in a scene from "Scott of the Antarctic"; a football match is waged between gynecologists and Long John Silver impersonators.

29m Nov 30, 1970

How Not To Be Seen,

Conquistador coffee campaign; Repeating groove; Ramsey MacDonald striptease; Job hunter; International Chinese Communist Conspiracy; Crelm Toothpaste/Shrill petrol; Agatha Christie sketch (railway timetables).

29m Dec 7, 1970

Spam,

World revolutionaries are quizzed about football scores; figures from works of art go on strike throughout galleries in England; the search continues for a cure for over-acting; Viking marauders kidnap Englishmen who ask for canned ham.

30m Dec 14, 1970

Royal Episode Thirteen,

Miners brawl over historical facts; hospital patients serve the doctors; five shipwrecked mariners decide whom they will have for dinner.

30m Dec 21, 1970