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O.T.T.

  • TV sketch show
  • ITV1
  • 1982 - 1987
  • 13 episodes (1 series)

Adult-orientated sketch show featuring the cast of kids' series TISWAS, having found cult success through the programme with a legion of 20-somethings. Stars Chris Tarrant, Lenny Henry, Bob Carolgees, John Gorman, Helen Atkinson-Wood and more.

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Press clippings

OTT (Central) continues to be miraculous for the way it maintains its shape even when melting. The same could be said for a brick of cheap ice-cream, but OTT is more nourishing - a real television breakthrough.

Clive James, The Guardian, 14th February 1982

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