S1.E4

Episode #1.4

Name: Episode #1.4
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1969-12-11
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes, Kenny Lynch

Episode aired Dec 11, 1969

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

YOUR RATING

Fanny Carby and Barry Linehan in Curry & Chips (1969)

Comedy

Kevin is on his way to confession to safeguard himself for the afterlife should he get killed in a riot at a football match. Unfortunately, he walks straight into a race riot, gets arrested,... Read allKevin is on his way to confession to safeguard himself for the afterlife should he get killed in a riot at a football match. Unfortunately, he walks straight into a race riot, gets arrested, and ends up with a black eye. On his release it turns out that he is both a Muslim and a ... Read allKevin is on his way to confession to safeguard himself for the afterlife should he get killed in a riot at a football match. Unfortunately, he walks straight into a race riot, gets arrested, and ends up with a black eye. On his release it turns out that he is both a Muslim and a Catholic, just to ensure that he goes to some kind of heaven.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

YOUR RATING

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Spike Milligan

Kevin O'Grady

Eric Sykes

Arthur Blenkinsop

Kenny Lynch

Kenny

Norman Rossington

Norman

Geoffrey Hughes

Dick

Fanny Carby

Mrs. Bartok - Landlady

Jerold Wells

Barry Linehan

Police Sergeant

Julia Breck

Girl in Canteen
(uncredited)

Leslie Bryant

Workman
(uncredited)

Constance Carling

WPC
(uncredited)

Terrance Denville

Workman
(uncredited)

Alex Donald

P.C.
(uncredited)

Rodney Goodall

Supporter
(uncredited)

Rikki Lancing

Workman
(uncredited)

Pierce McAvoy

Workman
(uncredited)

Michael McKay

Coloured P.C.
(uncredited)

Brian Nolan

P.C.
(uncredited)

Director
- Keith Beckett
Writer
- Johnny Speight
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4/10

Pretty woeful.

On his way to confession, ahead of a football match, Kevin has got caught up in a race riot, and ended up bruised and battered with a black eye. Kevin's colleagues believe he must have been the cause of the fighting.

Now I can't lie, I quit this show some time back, I couldn't really get on with it, a bored afternoon and I thought it was time to give it another chance.

Now it would be very easy to give this a one star rating, call it trash, and simply forgetting about it. However I've decided to try, and see it in context of when it was made.

Even taking into account when it was made, and taking on board the prejudices and attitudes of the time, once you remove those from the script, you're left with an episode that simply doesn't have any laughs, this one is very poor.

Football riots, then religious fights, two topics that are bound to cause problems.

4/10.