Do Not Adjust Your Set
Innovative and influential, and originally envisaged as children’s show, Do Not Adjust Your Set was a madcap early-evening comedy sketch show that quickly acquired a cult following with Swinging Sixties adults, who rushed home from work to see it. Written by and starring Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, with great performances and additional material by David Jason and Denise Coffey, it also provided an early showcase for the hilarious animations of Terry Gilliam, and the brilliantly bizarre musical antics of the legendary Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band.
Cast: Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
16 episodes
1. Rediffusion Show 1 - Boxing Day PilotThe pilot was a Boxing Day special screened the same day as the Beatles 'Magical Mystery Tour'. Previously thought lost, the songs and sketches include: Boxing Day dance, Bonzo's Jollity Farm and Captain Fantastic.CC30minDec 26, 1967
2. Rediffusion Show 2Intro, King Lear, Musicians At Work, Family Grocer, Science For Sixth Forms, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Monster Mash, Maternity Ward, On Guard, The Wonder of Words, Stool Pigeon, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The Sound Of Music, An Extraordinary Sight, Captain Fantastic, The Tartan Thistle ClubCC30minJan 4, 1968- 3. Rediffusion Show 3Intro, Identity Parade, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Brief, Patient Noughts & Crosses, Time for Fun (Fivers Club), Captain Fantastic, Star of Tomorrow, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Look Out There's a Monster Coming, Concorde, Miss Pringle, "Two of Us" songCC30minJan 11, 1968
- 4. Rediffusion Show 4No synopsis available yet.CC30minJan 18, 1968
5. Rediffusion Show 5Intro - Good evening - Captain Fantastic - Great Discoveries Of Our Time - Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band perform Ali Baba's Camel - Myrtle Goodbody Classes - An Old Time Victorian Burble DramaCC30minJan 25, 1968
6. Rediffusion Show 6Intro, How To Eat, Musicians At Work, Happy Grin Insurance, Flying Doctor, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The Equestrian Statue, Take Your Clothes Off, Bus Stop, Cookery Class, Help!, Captain Fantastic, Sailors Song, A Personal NoteCC30minFeb 1, 1968- 7. Rediffusion Show 7Intro, Traffic Warden, Round Up, Thank You, Burglary Prevention, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Hunting Tigers, Thou Shalt Not, Royal Opera House, Morning Madam, Scenes of Village Life, Captain Fantastic, Miss WorldCC30minFeb 8, 1968
- 8. Rediffusion Show 8No synopsis available yet.CC30minFeb 15, 1968
9. Rediffusion Show 9No synopsis available yet.CC30minFeb 22, 1968
10. Rediffusion Show 10Intro, Sport, Whackfield Wanders, Chairback Banana Grabbing, Angling, Frogmen Routine, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Hello Mabel, Fortune Teller, Miniskirt, Captain Fantastic, Romeo & JulietCC30minFeb 29, 1968
11. Rediffusion Show 11Intro, Economic Axe, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Espionage, Custard Factory, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Love is a Cylindrical Piano, Miss Pringle, Rehearsal, Cinderella, Captain Fantastic, British FoodCC30minMar 7, 1968
12. Rediffusion Show 12Intro, Holiday Club, Welcome Home, Death Cab for Cutie, Has Anyone Seen the Invisible Man ?, The Vosbourgh Art Gallery, Captain FantasticCC30minMar 14, 1968
13. Rediffusion Show 13Intro, Instrumental, The Problems Of Falling Over, The Wild And Woolly West, Weather, Hamster Allergies, Post Early for Christmas, It's Lucy! You're Fired, Announcement, Tubas in the Moonlight, Fancy Dress For Two, Dog Food, Captain Fantastic, Musicians At WorkCC30minMar 21, 1968- 14. Rediffusion Show 14Intro, Television Planning, The Beginning Of The End, Spotters Corner, Backwards, Cookery Class, Arthur The Amazing Performing Dog, Come Out To Play, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Metaphorically Speaking, Miss Pringle, Pre-History, Captain Fantastic, The EndCC30minMar 28, 1968
- 15. Rediffusion Special Edition!A slightly longer summer special which mixes new material with remounts of previous sketches and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band performing 'I'm the Urban Spaceman'.CC30minJul 29, 1968
- 16. Do Not Adjust Your StockingIntro - Gags - Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band carol singing - Turnaround with Eric Idle - Christmas cookery hints with Ivor Clarke - St. Herbert's - The Circus Lecture - Beauty Desk - Royal Father Christmas College - Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band perform By A Waterfall - Ron and Norma - Terry Gilliam's The Christmas Card - World pantomime speed record - Captain Fantastic - Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band perform I'm The Urban Spaceman - Party Games - Merry Merry Christmas songCC30minDec 25, 1968
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Do Not Adjust Your Set
Innovative and influential, and originally envisaged as children’s show, Do Not Adjust Your Set was a madcap early-evening comedy sketch show that quickly acquired a cult following with Swinging Sixties adults, who rushed home from work to see it. Written by and starring Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, with great performances and additional material by David Jason and Denise Coffey, it also provided an early showcase for the hilarious animations of Terry Gilliam, and the brilliantly bizarre musical antics of the legendary Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band.
Creators and cast
- Created by
- Humphrey Barclay
