Whoops Apocalypse
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1982
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Whoops Apocalypse takes a cynical and (hopefully) exaggerated look at international politics. Stars Barry Morse, John Barron, Ed Bishop, Richard Griffiths, Alexei Sayle and more.
Another production also has this name.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1982
- Channel
- ITV
- Episodes
- 6 (1 series)
- Stars
- Barry Morse, John Barron, Ed Bishop, Richard Griffiths, Alexei Sayle, Geoffrey Palmer, Peter Jones, Richard Davies and more
- Writers
- David Renwick and Andrew Marshall
- Director
- John Reardon
- Producer
- Humphrey Barclay
- Company
It is election year on both sides of the Atlantic and with the world in a state of nuclear jumpiness, US president Johnny Cyclops is currently as popular as rabies. His chances of re-election are threatened by two major crises - one in Russia and another in the Middle East. Guided by his fanatical security advisor, The Deacon - a man with a personal hotline to God - Cyclops realises there is only one option if he is to save the economic stability of Western civilisation and, more importantly, his job...
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Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Sunday 14th March 1982 at 10pm on ITV1