...average British sailor", and chosen to be the first man to fly into outer space in an experimental rocket. * [[William Roache]] as Space Centre Operator (uncredited)

| studio = Walter Shenson Films ...urope, attempt space flight using wine as a propellant. It satirises the [[space race]], [[Cold War]] and [[politics]].

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The series is about lazy, bungling, incompetent [[civil servant|civil servant]]s, "Number One"& ...put in charge of publicity for Britain's almost non-existent [[Space Race|space programme]]. In another episode, "[[List of The Men from the Ministry episo

...ish sitcom]] written by [[Galton and Simpson|Ray Galton and Alan Simpson]] about a father-and-son [[Rag-and-bone man|rag-and-bone]] business in 24 Oil Drum ...ode. In addition, the early 1970s saw [[Steptoe and Son (film)|two feature films]], two 46-minute [[Christmas]] specials. In 2005, the play ''[[Steptoe and

| films = ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to ...hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts }}</ref> It was at about this time that a "Tertiary Phase" was first discussed with Dirk Maggs, adap