SICK:
SHOWN: 5th JUNE 1984
BBC 2 Tuesday 9 PM 35 minutes
WRITERS: Rik Mayall, Lise Meyer & Ben Elton
DIRECTOR: Paul Jackson
"There's bogeys on the blankets and snot on the sheets when Neil and the others come down with the worst colds in the history of civilisation !"
Neil has a cold, and even Vyvyan's cure of drilling a nail in his head
doesn't quite work, which is a pity since it sparks off a street riot. They're
also taken hostage by Brian Damage, an escaped murderer. But their troubles are
forgotten as the real horror happens - Neil's parents come to tea!!
RIK
MAYALL ---------- Rick
ADRIAN EDMONDSON ---------- Vyvyan Bastard
NIGEL PLANER ---------- Neil
CHRISTOPHER RYAN ----------- Mike
ALEXEI SAYLE
MARK ARDEN ---------- Manure salesman
MADNESS ---------- Themselves
JIM BARCLAY
PERRY BENSON
RUTH BURNETT
HUGH CECIL
JEAN CHANNON
BRIAN CROUCHER
BEN ELTON ---------- Grange Hill Student
STEPHEN FROST ---------- Manure salesman
PETER GREENE
CERI JACKSON
KILIAN MCKENNA
PAULINE MELVILLE ---------- Vyvyans Mum
CARLA MENDONCA ---------- Woman at trial
MICHAEL REDFERN
DAVID ROLFE
MAGGIE STEED
BRIAN OULTON ---------- Mr Pye
PEGGY THORPE GATES ---------- Mrs Pye
QUOTES:
Rick: "We never clean the toilet, Neil! That's what being a student is all about!"
Neil: "I hope Mike hurries back with the cure!"
Vyv: "No Neil, it's Madness this week!"
TRIVIA: The Radio Times description says: "This week the man who writes the
listings in the Radio Times, which is actually a very difficult job at which he
works very hard and he is not getting home very much because he is out earning
money to keep his family, comes home late one night to find his wife in bed with
another man and has a nervous breakdown ... wakka wakka oooooooh aaaaaaah." PICTURES
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