Not with a Bang

Overview

Not with a Bang was a short-lived British television sitcom produced by London Weekend Television in 1990. It ran for seven episodes, each 30 minutes long. The show was a dark science fiction comedy, focusing on the end of the human race on Earth. The title comes from the last line of T. S. Eliot's poem The Hollow Men "not with a bang, but a whimper".

Created by Robin Carr

Network

• ITV1

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Ronald Pickup

  Brian Appleyard

  7 eps

• 

  Stephen Rea

  Colin Garrity

  7 eps

• 

  Mike Grady

  Graham Wilkins

  7 eps

• 

  Josie Lawrence

  Janet Wilkins

  7 eps

Themes

• post-apocalyptic future
• dark comedy
• end of the world
• apocalypse
• north of england

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