Thursday, August 22, 2013

Astronauts

Astronauts is an early 80's British sitcom about a crew of 3 spending 6 months on a space station. Written by Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden of The Goodies and edited by the notable team of Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais, it starred Christopher Godwin (Holding The Fort and more recently seen with appearances in Lead Balloon, My Family, After You've Gone, Waking The Dead), Carmen du Sautoy (The Citadel, Lost Empires, more recently seen in the final episode of the Worst Week of My Life), Barrie Rutter (Queenie's Castle, Coasting, Fat Friends) and Bruce Boa (Yanks Go Home, and many memorable appearances such as Gen. Rieekan in The Empire Strikes Back, the Colonel in Full Metal Jacket and Harry Hamilton in the Fawlty Towers episode Waldorf Salad.) The final episode of Astronauts aired 30 years ago tomorrow night.
Astronauts 

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