Alexei Sayle's Stuff
Alexei Sayle's Stuff is a comedy sketch show which ran on BBC2 for a total of 18 episodes over 3 series from 1988 to 1991.
Seasons
1. Fun with Magnets
Air Date: 1988-10-13
At the beginning of Alexei's quest to explore stuff, we investigate the abject failure of social services to prevent Herod's massacre of the innocents and the bloody reign of Vlad the Impaler, why the BBC is better than you, door-to-door cat boilers, and Freddy Kreuger's tenure as head of the Royal Opera Company, while dancing around in a series of tight suits.
2. From Avogadro to Ava Gardner
Air Date: 1988-10-20
Alexei investigates Einstein's Wilderness Years writing scripts for George Formby films, the Queen's Award For Capitalist Exploitation, sings about word association and reveals that he once abused drugs by insulting paracetamol.
3. Cartesian Dualism for the Fuller Figure
Air Date: 1988-10-27
27 October 1988 Instead of watching Alexei, why not stay on BBC1 and return to the age of sword and sorcery, in Dino de Laurentiis epic 'Seal Of The Soothsayer' ? Alternatively, discover the link between Classical Greek mathematicians and dung, and witness walruses flying south for the winter.
4. The Dobsey Twins Isolate Radium
Air Date: 1988-11-03
Witness what happens when two TV travel programmes experience a near collision, learn about Captain Pugwash's subsequent career as controller of BBC Two, and investigate the prong-horned antelope, a member of the gerbil family and a full-time stewardess with British Airways.
5. Liebnitz: Man or Biscuit ?
Air Date: 1988-11-10
Scream in terror at 'Revenge Of The Bendy Toys', attend parties with man-eating Triffids, learn how to defend yourself against skinheads through the use of puckish epigrams, and visit the Princess Alexei Home For Bereaved Ventriloquist's Dummies.
6. How to Point at Chickens
Air Date: 1988-11-17
Wonder at nature and the life cycle of the smoked salmon, learn of recent mass lay-offs in the works of Charles Dickens, experience the awkwardness of Jehovah's Witnesses on discovering they've knocked on the door of a lodging house for Biblical figures.
1. Tinkering with Teeth
Air Date: 1989-10-19
George Bernard Shaw advertises Beauty Miss press-on fingernails, we learn about the animation process that brings Alexei to life, hear of the impact of the National Film Critics' strike, and witness Margaret Thatcher visiting 17th century bubonic plague victims in the TARDIS.
2. Westward H20!
Air Date: 1989-10-26
Lowestoft, with its Barbados-like climate, offers much to the adventurous traveller, including excursions to the Great Pyramids of Lowestoft and trips to the majestic Lowestoft Alps. Joan of Arc takes a chance to plug her new book and album, while we learn of the alarming growth in the number of statistics in the UK during the 20th century.
3. My Pal Mozart
Air Date: 1989-11-02
Discover the answers to last week's IQ test, experience Biblical confusion, witness brutally graphic scenes of teddy bear hunting, and learn that glasnost is a kind of runny cheese.
4. Six Bodybuilders of the Italian Renaissance
Air Date: 1989-11-09
This week's show is interrupted by a newsflash that the government is about to introduce plans for something that'll make your flesh creep, and there's nothing you can do about it. Meanwhile, Alexei abuses Dire Straits and presents The Royal Pointless and Utterly Futile Military Things Tournament.
5. Whistling Calculus for Tax Purposes
Air Date: 1989-11-16
This week on Juliet Bravo, danger threatens for Inspector Kate Longton, as she has to explain to her Sergeant that she is a woman, rather than a wigwam, and enlists the aid of Chief Inspector Greaves and Superintendent Willis to teach him about the birds and the bees.
6. Margaret Drabble: The Hard Way
Air Date: 1989-11-23
A real-life story of bravery as Michael, decapitated by a charging rhinoceros at age 24, undergoes cranial lignoplasty to replace his head, and has to endure the difficulties of life with a skull of polished walnut.
1. Yellow The Follow Rick Broad
Air Date: 1991-10-03
Wind past the trailers at the start of the tape for 'Beverley Hills Sponge', 'Things Exploding' and 'Things Exploding II - Everything Explodes' to experience the sadness that is mime, the dangers of badger-watching, and the awfulness of British films.
2. Clam Nation
Air Date: 1991-10-10
A few moments with Sir William Rees-Mogg.
3. Buckle My Chives
Air Date: 1991-10-17
Smile, you're on Candid Cardinal. Plus more Monsieur Aubergine, low-budget BBC Studios Tours, and life as Her Majesty's Master of Jokes and Japes.
4. Why Are They Now ?
Air Date: 1991-10-24
A gritty behind-the-scenes look at Dial-A-Pizza, coverage of the London Bird Goldfields corruption trial at the Old Bailey, Tom & Jerry press conferences, and 'Santa Claus :Polar Czar'.
5. Vanessa Goes Bonkers
Air Date: 1991-10-31
The dangers of falling dolphins, Quasimodo, Biblical infallibility, alien holiday snaps and insects in industry.
6. What's This Organ Doing in the Scullery ?
Air Date: 1991-11-07
'Points Of View', the plight of the invisible and 'Burying People Alive'.
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Rating
6.5/10
Release Date
1988-10-13
Episodes
18 (3 seasons)
Status
Ended
