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Galloping Galaxies!
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Kenneth Williams and SID
Genre Children's, science fiction, comedy
Created by Bob Block
Written by Bob Block
Directed by Jeremy Swan
Starring Kenneth Williams
Robert Swales
Priscilla Morgan
Paul Wilce
Nigel Cooke
Sean Caffrey
Michael Deeks
Matthew Sim
James Bree
Julie Dawn Cole
Josie Kidd
Theme music composer Jonathan Cohen
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 10
Production
Producer(s) Jeremy Swan
Editor(s) Peter Bird (credited as videotape editor)
Camera setup Colin Reid (credited as camera supervisor)
Running time 25 minutes
Release
Original network BBC
Original release 1 October 1985 (1985-10-01) – 18 December 1986 (1986-12-18)

Galloping Galaxies! is a British children's television comedy series set on a spaceship that was shown on the BBC from October 1985 to December 1986, comprising two series, of ten episodes in total. It was created and written by Bob Block, the creator of Rentaghost. Jeremy Swan who directed Rentaghost, produced and directed the series. It featured Kenneth Williams in one of his final roles as the voice of the ship's bog-eyed computer, SID. A novelisation of the first series was released by Target Books in 1987, and the second series was announced to follow in book form, but never materialised. No commercial release of the show has ever appeared.

Synopsis

The stories are set in the 25th century, and follow the adventures of the Spaceship Voyager, the computer SID, Captain Pettifer (Robert Swales) and his crew.

Cover blurb of novel: "GALLOPING GALAXIES! is the funniest thing this side of the moons of Saturn and will boldly make you laugh where you have never laughed before!"

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