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Snakes And Ladders

  • TV sitcom
  • Channel 4
  • 1989
  • 7 episodes (1 series)

Satire of mistaken identity set amidst a bleak future Britain where a literal north-south divide has been established, complete with border guards. Stars John Gordon Sinclair, Adrian Edmondson, June Watson, Phil McCall, Christopher Godwin and more.

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Press clippings

It suffered, and it deserved to, from following Snakes and Ladders (Yorks), a satiric series set in the near future with John Gordon Sinclair] (son of toil) and Adrian Edmondson (upper class twit). Due to a cock-up, rather literally, on the works computer they get on the wrong escalators. The toiler rises exhilaratingly to the boardroom and the twit sinks to the basement.

Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 18th October 1989

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