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The Last Man On Earth

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1974
  • 1 pilot

Post-apocalyptic Galton & Simpson sitcom pilot about a man and his mother who find everyone else in the world has vanished. Stars Dandy Nichols and Ronald Fraser.

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Press clippings

Galton and Simpson's Comedy Playhouse (BBC1) was black beyond belief. It had the Dr Who-ish premise of the world vacuum-cleaned empty of people. Except a mother and son in Hampton Wick.

Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 5th June 1974

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