• 1982
  • 52m
OTT

Summary A late night risqué sketch show featuring most of the TISWAS team, designed to appeal to the large adult audience of the children's Saturday morning show. Critically slated, it ran to just one series. View more details

  • 1982
  • 52m

OTT

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Lenny Henry Chris Tarrant Bob Carolgees Helen Atkinson Wood

All cast & crew

7.6

Details

Genres : Comedy Animation Musical Music Talk-Show

Release date : Jan 1, 1982

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK

Production companies : Central Independent Television

Summary A late night risqué sketch show featuring most of the TISWAS team, designed to appeal to the large adult audience of the children's Saturday morning show. Critically slated, it ran to just one series. View more details

Details

Genres : Comedy Animation Musical Music Talk-Show

Release date : Jan 1, 1982

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK

Production companies : Central Independent Television

Photos

Alexei Sayle in OTT (1982) OTT (1982) Helen Atkinson Wood, Bob Carolgees, John Gorman, Lenny Henry, Bernard Manning, Chris Tarrant, and Benjamin Mills in OTT (1982) Helen Atkinson Wood and Bob Carolgees in OTT (1982) OTT (1982) OTT (1982) Bob Carolgees, John Gorman, Lenny Henry, and Chris Tarrant in OTT (1982) Lenny Henry and Chris Tarrant in OTT (1982) Helen Atkinson Wood, Lenny Henry, and Alexei Sayle in OTT (1982) Helen Atkinson Wood and Lenny Henry in OTT (1982) The Steve Gibbons Band in OTT (1982) Helen Atkinson Wood, Bob Carolgees, John Gorman, and Benjamin Mills in OTT (1982) Benjamin Mills in OTT (1982)

Episodes

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Dec 31, 1969
Pilot
An unscreened pilot episode that was recorded in December 1981. Little is known about this edition, except that Alexei Sayle was involved from the beginning.
Episode 1 • Jan 01, 1982
Episode #1.1
OTT begins with some TISWAS favourites, including Spit the Dog, Algernon and Houdi Elbow. Yet as a late night alternative for adult fans of the show, it also features Alexei Sayle as a regular, and a naked balloon dance.
Episode 2 • Jan 08, 1982
Episode #1.2
The gang return to reflect on the bad press from the first week - minus Colette Hiller, who was dropped after just one episode. Sketches include John Gorman as an ungracious Mastermind winner, and Trevor McDoughnut singing the blues.
Episode 3 • Jan 15, 1982
Episode #1.3
The show's growing obsession with nudity coincides with the introduction of a new cast member, as a supposed "person from the audience", Ellen Thomas, is a contestant in a game where losers have to strip.
Episode 4 • Jan 22, 1982
Episode #1.4
Sketches include Chris Tarrant as a scolding headmaster, and a report on the most violent tennis player of the year. The tennis sketch caused Lenny Henry to bond with Alexei Sayle, though sadly because they both agreed it was "rubbish".
Episode 5 • Jan 29, 1982
Episode #1.5
Sketches include the invention of the boy scouts, while guests are Robert Palmer and the extreme digestion antics of Lumiere and Son.
Episode 6 • Feb 05, 1982
Episode #1.6
Featuring the return of The Greatest Show on Legs, along with new characters from Lenny: Fred Dread and Delbert Wilkins. Lenny also gets involved in the part of the show where the audience are encouraged to brawl: Beat Your Brains Out.
Episode 7 • Feb 12, 1982
Episode #1.7
Michael Palin, Bananarama and Fun Boy Three are the special guests on this edition, though the studio audience aren't overly responsive this week. "Now, you may laugh", quips Michael, "in fact, I'd rather you did."
Episode 8 • Feb 19, 1982
Episode #1.8
The edition most represented in the compilation special, with no less than five separate sketches reshown in whole or in part. Sections chosen for repeat include singing duo MacLean and MacLean and their ode to Dolly Parton's chest.
Episode 9 • Feb 26, 1982
Episode #1.9
Alexei Sayle's final contracted episode of OTT, as he leaves for an Australian tour, but not before performing his new single, "'Ullo John. Gotta New Motor?". Special guests are Classix Nouveaux, Tom Bright and Paul Henry.
Episode 10 • Mar 12, 1982
Episode #1.10
The first post-Alexei episode sees an increase in music, with Nine Below Zero and archive of the Dave Clark Five. There's also an increase in outrage, with a topless woman in a snooker hall and a man who places live rats down his trousers.
Episode 11 • Mar 19, 1982
Episode #1.11
A wild edition, where Beat Your Brains Out gets out of control and causes a studio fire, and Chris decides to liven up the show by getting Bernard Manning to do a guest stand-up spot. "I knew it was a mistake", he muses afterwards.
Episode 12 • Mar 26, 1982
Episode #1.12
The last live episode of the series features the gang finally getting a theme song to sing with Roy Wood, plus guest appearances from The Beat and noise act Bags of Fun. There's also a selection of outtakes from the series.
Episode 13 • Apr 02, 1982
The Worst of OTT
A special compilation, featuring sketches and clips from the first 11 episodes. A small amount of new material includes Joshua Yarlog, Chris as Kenny Everett, and Ellen Thomas finally showing viewers what has been teased for weeks.
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