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This page is about the television series. For the book, see The Intergalactic Kitchen.
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Intergalactic Kitchen
Starring
  • Lloyd Baillie
  • Linzi Campbell
  • Luke Mackle
  • Tamara Kennedy
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of episodes 13 x 20 minute episodes
Production
Running time 20 minutes
Release
Original network BBC One
Original release January 2004 (2004-01) – April 2004 (2004-04)

Intergalactic Kitchen is a fun CBBC TV show that aired from January to April 2004. It's based on a book called The Intergalactic Kitchen by Frank Rodgers. The series was known for its cool special effects, which were made by a famous YouTuber named Big Clive.

What's the Story?

The show is all about the Bird family: Robin, Snoo, Jay, and their mom. They are about to go camping when something totally unexpected happens! Mrs. Bird accidentally turns on a force field, and suddenly, their whole kitchen blasts off into outer space!

Their goal is to get back to Earth. But then, a family of four aliens shows up in their kitchen. Things get even crazier when Mrs. Bird accidentally climbs into the aliens' spaceship. Mr. and Mrs. Krryptyx (the alien parents) then accidentally start their ship's engines. This separates the Bird children from their mom, and the Krryptyx children from their parents. Both the kids and the adults end up on wild and funny adventures across space!

Meet the Cast

Want to know who played your favorite characters? Here's a list of the main actors and their roles:

Role Actor
Robin Bird Lloyd Balie
Snoo Bird Linzi Campbell
Jay Bird Luke Mackle
Fleur Mason Emma Ballantine
Krrk Krryptyx Joshua Manning
Kirstie Krryptyx Helen Mcalpine
Mrs. Emily Bird Tamara Kennedy
Mr. Krryptyx Mark McDonnel
Mrs. Krryptyx Julie Coombe
Cheese Mite Damian Farrell
Cheese Mite Colin Purves
Dave Stephen McCole
Pintoid Callum Cuthbertson
WGA Leader Mark Robertson

Episode Guide

There are 13 exciting episodes in Intergalactic Kitchen. Each one is packed with adventure and humor as the Bird and Krryptyx families try to find their way back to each other and to Earth.

Here's a quick look at what happens in each episode:

Episode Title Summary
1 Blast Off An alien family arrives on Earth for a holiday. They accidentally cause the Bird family's kitchen to blast off into space! The aliens chase after them to help, but something goes wrong. The human and alien children get stuck together in the kitchen. It hurtles towards a black hole!
2 Brain Drain The kids try to survive alone in space. But they discover they are allergic to each other! The Earth children also worry that the aliens want to remove Robin's brain. Robin is the youngest and smartest "kitchenaut."
3 It's a Mall World The kitchen floats past a Shopping Planet. Fleur secretly goes on a shopping spree. But her credit card is refused! The planet threatens to take the kitchen to pay her debt.
  • The title is a funny reference to the famous Disneyland ride, ""it's a small world"."
4 Rebel Appliance The kitchen is taken over by super-smart household appliances! They want to make the kitchenauts their servants.
5 Useless The kitchen passes a Rubbish Planet. This planet decides many of the kitchenauts' favorite things are useless and plans to recycle them. This includes Jay!
6 The Other Mother Mrs. Bird suddenly appears in the kitchen! She seems to have crossed millions of light years. But is it really her? The kids start to wonder if their mom is not who she seems.
7 Turning Point, Part One: The Diceman Cometh Pintoid, an alien who loves games, tricks the kitchenauts into playing a strange game of snakes, ladders and forfeits. The winner gets to go home to Earth. But the losers will play games forever on Pintoid's planet and turn into dice!
  • The title is a reference to an old play called The Iceman Cometh.
8 Turning Point, Part Two: The Umpire Strikes Back Pintoid comes back to the kitchen to claim his prize. But the kitchenauts fight back, and he faces unexpected resistance!
  • This title is another reference to a Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back. It's the second episode to parody a Star Wars title.
9 Virtual Mum Krrk realizes Robin misses his mom. So, Krrk creates a computer simulation of a mother. He bases it on everything he's heard the human kids say about moms.
10 Emotion Sickness Snoo and Fleur try their best to win over the unemotional alien, Krrk. Jay tries to stop them from causing trouble!
  • The title sounds like "Motion Sickness", which is when you feel sick from moving around.
11 Take me to your Larder An alien food expert invades the kitchen! He wants to taste the rare treat of human brains. And when Snoo tries to fix everyone's brains, they all end up swapping bodies!
  • The title is a funny twist on the famous alien phrase, "Take me to your Leader."
12 Baby on Board Fleur becomes a temporary parent to an alien slime baby. It's a messy but sweet adventure!
13 Space Cowboy The kitchenauts hire Dave, a very questionable double glazer, for help.
  • This is the last episode of the series.
  • The title refers to the opening line of the 1974 song "The Joker" by the Steve Miller Band.
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