Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967)

Name: Do Not Adjust Your Set
Rating: 7.8

Rating: 7.8

Synopsis

Innovative and influential, and originally envisaged as children’s show, Do Not Adjust Your Set was a madcap early-evening comedy sketch show that quickly acquired a cult following with Swinging Sixties adults, who rushed home from work to see it. Written by and starring Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, with great performances and additional material by David Jason and Denise Coffey, it also provided an early showcase for the hilarious animations of Terry Gilliam, and the brilliantly bizarre musical antics of the legendary Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band.

First Air Date: 1967-12-26

Last Air Date: 1969-05-14

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 29

Networks: ITV1

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Top Cast

Michael Palin as Various Characters
Eric Idle as Various Characters
Terry Jones as Various Characters
David Jason as Various Characters
Terry Gilliam as N/A
Neil Innes as N/A
Denise Coffey as N/A
Vivian Stanshall as N/A
Roger Ruskin Spear as N/A
Vernon Dudley Bowhay Nowell as N/A

Seasons

None (1967)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Rediffusion Show 1 - Boxing Day Pilot (1967-12-26)

The pilot was a Boxing Day special screened the same day as the Beatles 'Magical Mystery Tour'. Previously thought lost, the songs and sketches include: Boxing Day dance, Bonzo's Jollity Farm and Captain Fantastic.
Ep. 2: Rediffusion Show 2 (1968-01-04)

Intro, King Lear, Musicians At Work, Family Grocer, Science For Sixth Forms, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Monster Mash, Maternity Ward, On Guard, The Wonder of Words, Stool Pigeon, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The Sound Of Music, An Extraordinary Sight, Captain Fantastic, The Tartan Thistle Club
Ep. 3: Rediffusion Show 3 (1968-01-11)

Intro, Identity Parade, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Brief, Patient Noughts & Crosses, Time for Fun (Fivers Club), Captain Fantastic, Star of Tomorrow, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Look Out There's a Monster Coming, Concorde, Miss Pringle, "Two of Us" song
Ep. 4: Rediffusion Show 4 (1968-01-18)

No overview for this episode.
Ep. 5: Rediffusion Show 5 (1968-01-25)

Intro - Good evening - Captain Fantastic - Great Discoveries Of Our Time - Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band perform Ali Baba's Camel - Myrtle Goodbody Classes - An Old Time Victorian Burble Drama
Ep. 6: Rediffusion Show 6 (1968-02-01)

Intro, How To Eat, Musicians At Work, Happy Grin Insurance, Flying Doctor, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The Equestrian Statue, Take Your Clothes Off, Bus Stop, Cookery Class, Help!, Captain Fantastic, Sailors Song, A Personal Note
Ep. 7: Rediffusion Show 7 (1968-02-08)

Intro, Traffic Warden, Round Up, Thank You, Burglary Prevention, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Hunting Tigers, Thou Shalt Not, Royal Opera House, Morning Madam, Scenes of Village Life, Captain Fantastic, Miss World
Ep. 8: Rediffusion Show 8 (1968-02-15)

No overview for this episode.
Ep. 9: Rediffusion Show 9 (1968-02-22)

No overview for this episode.
Ep. 10: Rediffusion Show 10 (1968-02-29)

Intro, Sport, Whackfield Wanders, Chairback Banana Grabbing, Angling, Frogmen Routine, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Hello Mabel, Fortune Teller, Miniskirt, Captain Fantastic, Romeo & Juliet
Ep. 11: Rediffusion Show 11 (1968-03-07)

Intro, Economic Axe, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Espionage, Custard Factory, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Love is a Cylindrical Piano, Miss Pringle, Rehearsal, Cinderella, Captain Fantastic, British Food
Ep. 12: Rediffusion Show 12 (1968-03-14)

Intro, Holiday Club, Welcome Home, Death Cab for Cutie, Has Anyone Seen the Invisible Man ?, The Vosbourgh Art Gallery, Captain Fantastic
Ep. 13: Rediffusion Show 13 (1968-03-21)

Intro, Instrumental, The Problems Of Falling Over, The Wild And Woolly West, Weather, Hamster Allergies, Post Early for Christmas, It's Lucy! You're Fired, Announcement, Tubas in the Moonlight, Fancy Dress For Two, Dog Food, Captain Fantastic, Musicians At Work
Ep. 14: Rediffusion Show 14 (1968-03-28)

Intro, Television Planning, The Beginning Of The End, Spotters Corner, Backwards, Cookery Class, Arthur The Amazing Performing Dog, Come Out To Play, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Metaphorically Speaking, Miss Pringle, Pre-History, Captain Fantastic, The End
Ep. 15: Rediffusion Special Edition! (1968-07-29)

A slightly longer summer special which mixes new material with remounts of previous sketches and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band performing 'I'm the Urban Spaceman'.
Ep. 16: Do Not Adjust Your Stocking (1968-12-25)

Intro - Gags - Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band carol singing - Turnaround with Eric Idle - Christmas cookery hints with Ivor Clarke - St. Herbert's - The Circus Lecture - Beauty Desk - Royal Father Christmas College - Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band perform By A Waterfall - Ron and Norma - Terry Gilliam's The Christmas Card - World pantomime speed record - Captain Fantastic - Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band perform I'm The Urban Spaceman - Party Games - Merry Merry Christmas song