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Summary

US President Johnny Cyclops (Barry Morse), Soviet Premier Dubienkin (Richard Griffiths), UK Prime Minister Kevin Pork (Peter Jones) and mad terrorist Lacrobat (John Cleese) are involved in complicated international political machinations involving an attempt to replace the deposed Shah of Iran with his brother.

When the accidental explosion of a Quark bomb destroys Israel, the world heads for the final nuclear apocalypse.

Other characters include The Deacon (John Barron), The Foreign Secretary (Geoffrey Palmer), The Chancellor Of The Exchequer (Richard Davies), Commissar Solzenitsyn (Alexei Sayle), Shah Mashiq Rassim (Bruce Montague), Adbdab (David Kelly) and Jay Garrick (Ed Bishop).

Cast List

  Barry Morse as President Johnny Cyclops
  John Barron as The Deacon
  Richard Griffiths as Premier Dubienkin
  Peter Jones as Kevin Pork
  Geoffrey Palmer as Foreign Secretary
  Richard Davies as Chancellor Of The Exchequer
  Alexei Sayle as Commissar Solzenitsyn
  Bruce Montague as Shah Mashiq Rassim
  John Cleese as Lacrobat
  Ed Bishop as Jay Garrick
  David Kelly as Abdab

Production Details

Written by:
Andrew Marshall, David Renwick

Directed by:
John Reardon

Produced by:
Humphrey Barclay

1 series, 6 episodes

Transmitted: 1982

TV Channel: ITV

London Weekend Television