Kit, Les and Damien are betting their latest money-making attempt on being double-glazing salesman. But Kit isn’t going to let that mundaneity spoil his attempts at being rich and famous—or the local police discover his pirate radio show. But when a phony phone call to the police to get them off his back has unintended consequences, can Kit get out of this one?

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The fourth episode of ‘Kit Curran’ aired on the 11th of August 1986 on Channel Four. It is the second series of ‘The Kit Curran Radio Show’, with a different name, one significant cast change, and a modified set up. Produced by Thames Television and created by Andy Hamilton, the second series sees Guy Jenkin join the writing team. This episode stars Denis Lawson as ‘Kit Curran’, Clive Merrison as ‘Damien Appleby’, Paul Brooke as ‘Les Toms’ and Lindsay Duncan as ‘Pamela Scott’. Guest starring is Alex Jennings as ‘P.C. Woods’, in one of his first roles.

Availability: Out on Region 2 DVD as of 2018. Also available on UK iTunes, but mislabelled as Series 1, in a confusing manner. The watch quality of the DVD is better than these screencaps suggest—it’s an improvement over the VHS rips of re-runs that were circling before it was released—but you can tell the footage hasn’t been best preserved.

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A freak incident where an armed robber invades the studio gives Kit an idea for his latest money-making scheme. No, not robbery—though I wouldn’t put it past Kit—but selling increasingly ludicrous stories to the press. As the wretched newspapers of Fleet Street eat up Kit’s content, what is the limit to what they will accept?

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The third episode of ‘Kit Curran’ aired on the 4th of August 1986 on Channel Four. It is the second series of ‘The Kit Curran Radio Show’, with a different name, one significant cast change, and a modified set up. Produced by Thames Television and created by Andy Hamilton, the second series sees Guy Jenkin join the writing team. This episode stars Denis Lawson as ‘Kit Curran’, Clive Merrison as ‘Damien Appleby’, Paul Brooke as ‘Les Toms’ and Lindsay Duncan as ‘Pamela Scott’.

Availability: Out on Region 2 DVD as of 2018. Also available on UK iTunes, but mislabelled as Series 1, in a confusing manner. The watch quality of the DVD is better than these screencaps suggest—it’s an improvement over the VHS rips of re-runs that were circling before it was released—but you can tell the footage hasn’t been best preserved.

Continue reading “Kit Curran, Episode Three: The Street of Shame”

Kit’s managed to convince both Damien and Les to come on board his business venture, but their start up capital will only go so far. Kit’s taste for the finer things in life—as well as his atrociously bad business sense—soon mean they’re out of money and the rent is due. How on earth are they going to pay it?

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The second episode of ‘Kit Curran’ aired on the 28th of July 1986 on Channel Four. It is the second series of ‘The Kit Curran Radio Show’, with a different name, one significant cast change, and a modified set up. Produced by Thames Television and created by Andy Hamilton, the second series sees Guy Jenkin join the writing team. This episode stars Denis Lawson as ‘Kit Curran’, Clive Merrison as ‘Damien Appleby’, Paul Brooke as ‘Les Toms’ and Lindsay Duncan as ‘Pamela Scott’.

Availability: Out on Region 2 DVD as of 2018. Also available on UK iTunes, but mislabelled as Series 1, in a confusing manner. The watch quality of the DVD is better than these screencaps suggest—it’s an improvement over the VHS rips of re-runs that were circling before it was released—but you can tell the footage hasn’t been best preserved.

Continue reading “Kit Curran, Episode Two: The Lucky Break”

Remember Kit? Radio DJ, out for fame and to give his boss a nervous breakdown? A second series of the show was made in 1986, moving from ITV to Channel Four, featuring yet more of Kit’s ridiculous antics and blatantly awful get-rich-quick schemes. Finding himself in a new situation, this could be a chance for Kit to reinvent himself—or carry on doing the same things as he was before.

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The first episode of ‘Kit Curran’ aired on the 21st of July 1986 on Channel Four. It is the second series of ‘The Kit Curran Radio Show’, with a different name, one significant cast change, and a modified set up. Produced by Thames Television and created by Andy Hamilton, the second series sees Guy Jenkin join the writing team. This episode stars Denis Lawson as ‘Kit Curran’, Clive Merrison as ‘Damien Appleby’, Paul Brooke as ‘Les Toms’ and Lindsay Duncan as ‘Pamela Scott’.

Readers of this blog will remember Lindsay Duncan from Dead Head, which also aired in 1986. She and Denis are once again love interests—of a sort—with the adversarial relationship retained, even though their characters are very different.

Availability: Out on Region 2 DVD as of 2018. Also available on UK iTunes, but mislabelled as Series 1, in a confusing manner. The watch quality of the DVD is better than these screencaps suggest—it’s an improvement over the VHS rips of re-runs that were circling before it was released—but you can tell the footage hasn’t been best preserved.

Continue reading “Kit Curran, Episode One: One Door Closes”