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Astronaut space capers and a whodunnit? Sketches and songs with Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie. From 1965.
Astronaut space capers, a whodunnit? - and the Knitting Song.
More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs plus TV and cinema parodies.
Starring:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Graeme Garden
David Hatch
Jo Kendall
Bill Oddie
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Written by John Esmonde & Bob Larbey, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Peter Vincent and David McKellar.
Songs by Bill Oddie with music by Dave Lee.
Producer: Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1965.
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