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Episode 3

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.

30 minutes

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