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PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 6:43 pm 
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Whoops Apocalypse is a six-part 1982 television sitcom by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick, made by London Weekend Television for ITV. Marshall and Renwick later reworked the concept as a 1986 movie from ITC Entertainment, with almost completely different characters and plot, although one or two of the original actors returned in different roles.

The series has a big cult audience, and copies of videos are heavily sought after. The British budget label Channel 5 Video released a compilation cassette of all six episodes edited together into one 137-minute chunk in 1987.

In 2010 Network DVD released both the complete, unedited series and the movie on a 2-DVD set (Region 2) entitled Whoops Apocalypse: The Complete Apocalypse. (Rights issues were simplified by the fact that both LWT and ITC Entertainment productions were by this time owned by Granada).

John Otway also recorded a song called "Whoops Apocalypse", which was used as the theme song for the film. He occasionally performs it live.

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The original TV series appealed to me... I guess I was part of the early "Cult" following.

The "Plot" is perhaps dated now... but the themes still ring true.

It has a cast of some of the GREAT UK comedic actors from back in the "heady" days of the 70's and 80's

Whoops Apocalypse - Opening Titles (HQ)


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The TV series....



Whoops Apocalypse episode 1 part 1



The rest of the episodes available at Playlist created by Dristarg | 12 videos

http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x1n ... deo=xjui5h

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The movie is NOT in the same league as the TV series... but has the odd good line :)

The 1986 FILM is available on YT

Whoops Apocalypse Full 1/7


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