NASTY:
SHOWN: 29th MAY 1984
BBC 2 Tuesday 9 PM 35 minutes
WRITERS: Rik Mayall, Lise Meyer & Ben Elton
DIRECTOR: Paul Jackson
"Ashes to ashes, funk to funky, Vyv is now a video head and Neil's wearing a dress because some really selfish negative vibe merchant boarded up his bedroom. Only pop music can save them now."
Vyv and Mike plan to watch a video nasty, but they might not make it through
the night because a vampire has decided to pop in. Not to worry, vampires only
go for virgins and none of the lads are still virgins, are they?The video
revolution catches with the gang as they decide to rent some nasty videos with
plenty of sex and violence. Of course, a vampire (naturally from South Africa)
tends to ruin things. The band playing in the living room are The Damned with
Video Nasty. This episode has a different beginning sequence, presenting the
episode as if it were a horror film.
ADRIAN EDMONDSON ---------- Vyvyan Bastard
NIGEL PLANER ---------- Neil
CHRISTOPHER RYAN ----------- Mike
ALEXEI SAYLE
TERRY JONES ---------- Drunk vicar
THE DAMNED ---------- Themselves
HELEN ATKINSON WOOD ---------- woman in commercial
CHRIS BARRIE ---------- Captain
MARK ARDEN ---------- Man in cabin
PAUL BRADLEY
ARNOLD BROWN ---------- Chess player
VICKI CHAMBERS ---------- Ships cook/concubine
RON COOK
DAWN FRENCH ---------- Devil
STEPHEN FROST ---------- man in cabin
GARETH HALE ---------- gravedigger
DAMARIS HAYMAN ---------- woman with wheelbarrow
NORMAN PACE ---------- gravedigger
DANIEL PEACOCK ---------- man dying in cabin
BARRY STANTON
ANDY DE LA TOUR ---------- Murderer on ship
PETER WEAR
QUOTES:
Rick: "Neil, the bathroom's free! Unlike the country under the Thatcherite junta."
Rick: "Neil, is it really necessary to have the light on when you're in the bath?"
Mike: "What's that thumping?"
Vyv: "YES !! WE'VE GOT A VIDEO !!!"
Mike: "I hate to say anything negative, but no."
Vyv: "Rick, shut up or I'll kill you."
Neil: "Flares are coming back in -- I read it in my horoscope!"
Rick: "Neil, how are you keeping that flowerpot up?!?"
Rick: "Oh, no. The front door's exploded."
Vyv: "'Vyvyan, Vyvyan, Vyvyan!' Honestly, whenever anything explodes in this house, it's always 'blame Vyvyan!'"
Rick: "What, me, Rick, a virgin? Try telling that to some of the foxy chicks who owe me favours."
Rick: "So in fact, all four of us have stayed up for the entire night. Now that's what I call anarchy!"
Woman: Do you dig graves?
Neil: Yeah, yeah, they're all right, yeah.
Vyvyan: Now, where was I?
Mike: You were over there by the front door.
Vyvyan: No, before that Michael! Oh God - I gotta stop sniffing this Ajax.
TRIVIA:
Chris Barrie is credited as Christopher Barrie. He would eventually shorten his name to avoid confusion with Doctor Who and Tripods director Christopher Barry.
The Radio Times description says: "This week a video head helically scans the coercivity medium taking full advantage of the inherit wide hysteresic characteristics and fully saturating the magnetic structure of the oxide emulsion with predictably hilarious results."
The region 1 DVD edits out Neil singing the line "Hello, darkness, my old friend" while in the bath.
LOCATIONS:
Locations: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK; Temple Meads Railway Station,
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK
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