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Astronauts

1981

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 One in Four Goes Jul 19, 1983

Gentian finds herself talking to the machinery while Ackroyd quite happily holds conversations with himself. Mattocks is concerned about both of them and discusses it with the only person he can trust — Bimbo.

EP2 Why Are We Here? Jul 26, 1983

Ackroyd denounces the whole mission as a big publicity stunt. Mattocks, meanwhile, has been caught out acting furtively and sending scrambled messages. Gentian and Ackroyd want to know what's happening but it's top secret...

EP3 Absence Makes the Heart Aug 02, 1983

Mattocks is pining for his wife but he gets no sympathy from the other two, who are determined to see that he lives up to his domestic responsibilities while he's at the space station. Beadle has a hot date.

EP4 We Are Not Alone Aug 09, 1983

Ackroyd is concerned that he is now maintaining some of the systems beyond their level of tolerance — emergency repairs are now the norm. During one of the blackouts Gentian sees a bright object outside her lab window.

EP5 One Week to Go Aug 16, 1983

One week to go and the crew breaks the record for the longest spaceflight in history. Beadle is ecstatic but Mattocks is behaving more strangely than normal, questioning things at a cosmic level — much to the annoyance of the other two.

EP6 Going Home Aug 23, 1983

After six months, the mission is completed and it's time to go home. Mattocks' recent epiphany still annoys the other two, and concern over re-entry has caused group insomnia. Ackroyd doesn't want to go home.
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Synopsis

Astronauts was a British sitcom that aired on ITV in 1981. It was written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie, two of The Goodies. Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, who wrote Porridge, were script editors. It was made for the ITV network by ATV, which became Central midway through the production run.

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Reviews

ScoobyMint Disappointment for a huge fan!
DubyaHan The movie is wildly uneven but lively and timely - in its own surreal way
Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.