Rent Do Not Adjust Your Set (1969)

Name: Do Not Adjust Your Set
Rating: 3.6

3.6 of 5 from 59 ratings

6h 1min

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Synopsis:: "Do Not Adjust Your Set", a madcap sketch show with a cult following, was a huge influence on television comedy. Written by and starring Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, with performances and additional material from David Jason and Denise Coffey, it also provided a showcase for Terry Gilliam's animations and the musical antics of art-school jazz-anarchists The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. This collection brings together all the existing shows from the Rediffusion and Thames series for the first time. Among the five episodes entirely new to video, two were previously thought lost entirely.
Actors:: Denise Coffey, Eric Idle, David Jason, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Neil Innes, Vivian Stanshall, 'Legs' Larry Smith, Roger Ruskin Spear, Rodney Slater, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Vernon Dudley Bowhay Nowell, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Peter Bayliss, Sam Kydd
Directors:: Daphne Shadwell, Adrian Cooper
Producers:: Humphrey Barclay, Ian Davidson, Daphne Shadwell
Writers:: Denise Coffey, Terry Gilliam, Peter Goodwin, John Gould, Robert Hewison, Eric Idle, David Jason, Terry Jones, David McKellar, Michael Palin, Michael Rose
Studio:: BFI Video
Genres:: British TV, TV Classics, TV Comedies
Collections:: And Now For Something Completely Python

BBFC:

Release Date:

16/09/2019

Run Time:

361 minutes

Languages:

English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono

Subtitles:

English Hard of Hearing

DVD Regions:

Region 2

Formats:

Pal

Aspect Ratio:

Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3

Colour:

Colour and B & W

Bonus:

Putting Strange Things Together (2019, 33 mins): Michael Palin recalls his early TV days, including 'Do Not Adjust Your Set
We Just Want You to Invent the Show (2019, 34 mins): Humphrey Barclay on his comedy career from Footlights to Rediffusion
The Uninvited Guest Star (2019, 5 mins): Tim Brooke-Taylor on his Do Not Adjust Your Set appearance
The Funniest Thing on English Television (2019, 7 mins): John Cleese reflects on the show's impact
Bonzos on the Box (2018, 60 mins): new feature-length documentary on The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band featuring Neil Innes, Rodney Slater, Roger Ruskin-Spear and 'Legs' Larry Smith
The Doo-Dah Discotheque (2019): a Bonzo video jukebox
The Intro and the Outro (2018, 2 mins): a newly filmed introduction by Neil Innes
The Christmas Card (1968, 3 mins); Beware of the Elephants (1968, 3 mins); Learning to Live With an Elephant (1968, 4 mins): animations by Terry Gilliam, newly scanned from his own 35mm film masters Lost Listens (1969, audio): rare sound-only excerpts from missing Thames episodes
Do Not Adjust Your Scripts: reproductions of scripts from missing Rediffusion episodes
The Humphrey Barclay Scrapbook: photos, cuttings and drawings from the legendary producer's personal archive

Disc 1: