Spacevets

*Spacevets*
Spacevets
Genre	Science fiction / Comedy / Children's television series
Created by	Stephen Edmondson; Jerome Vincent
Starring	Mark Arden; Ann Bryson; Robin Kingsland; Linden Kirk; Bernard Wright
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	39
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	29 September 1992 –; 20 December 1994

Space Vets was a 39-episode children's sci-fi show about a motley crew of misfit intergalactic space vets,^[1] broadcast from 1992 to 1994. The concept was devised by Stephen Edmondson and Jerome Vincent, but the characters were created by writer Christopher Middleton, and most of the 39 episodes written by him, too. Music for the series was produced by former Doctor Who composer Dominic Glynn.

Premise

They travel the cosmos in the spaceship Dispensable helping alien life forms in need, and transporting "The Meeloue" the rarest and most precious star in the universe, which when you place your hand on it will release a holographic string of words saying what you're thinking.

Cast

Mark Arden as Captain Skip Chip
Ann Bryson as Mona (The Receptionist)
Bernard Wright as No. 2
Robin Kingsland as Dogsbody
Linden Kirk as Captain K. Pubble
William Mannering, as Captain (series 2)

VHS release

One known VHS release was made of the series, it had five episodes from the second series of the show, including: 'The Shrunken Brain', 'Riddle of the Sands And Caves of Doom', 'Menace of the Machines' and 'Sunday Rotten Sunday'.

References

^ "BBC – Comedy Guide – Spacevets". Archived from the original on 23 October 2004. Retrieved 2 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

SpaceVets at IMDb

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[1] "BBC – Comedy Guide – Spacevets". Archived from the original on 23 October 2004. Retrieved 2 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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