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Alexei Sayle's Stuff

Alexei Sayle's Stuff

★ 7.2/10•1988•30m•Comedy
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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.

Marcus Mortimer · Director

StatusEnded
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateOct 13, 1988

Episodes

Episode 1 - Fun with MagnetsE130m

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.

Oct 13, 1988

Episode 2 - From Avogadro to Ava GardnerE230m

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.

Oct 20, 1988

Episode 3 - Cartesian Dualism for the Fuller FigureE330m

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.

Oct 27, 1988

Episode 4 - The Dobsey Twins Isolate RadiumE430m

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.

Nov 3, 1988

Episode 5 - Liebnitz: Man or Biscuit ?E530m

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.

Nov 10, 1988

Episode 6 - How to Point at ChickensE630m

How to Point at Chickens

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.

Nov 17, 1988

Actors

Alexei Sayle

Alexei Sayle

Mark Williams

Mark Williams

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