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Episode 3

This week, the crates don't house Stew & Rich, they hold Stew & the gimp from Pulp Fiction. The gimp escapes & is chased before the mistake is rectified & Rich is with us. They kick off proceedings with a letter of complaint from Mrs J Wentall in regards to last week's Jesus parable and their dealings with religion in general. Mrs Wentall tells Rich & Stew that they display a "woeful ignorance of true christian belief, I wonder if you'd dare to broadcast something in the same vein, but targeting a travesty of the islamic faith. Stew points out that although they may be atheists, they are not stupid and like the use of their hands, and the ability to breathe. They also had letters of complaint about Stew's Somerset-bashing - this inevitably leads to more abuse of Rich's county folk and into a sketch involving "Ian & Jenny" moving into their new home & being greeted in slightly worrying detail by their new neighbours on Ringfield Road. High surveillance ruins their life in one short afternoon as their overbearing neighbours reveal the minute detail of their life & show hidden camera footage of a marriage-wrecking affair. On returning to the Studio, Stew shows the audience his Wixney Junior School photo (which later made it into the Fist Of Fun book) and Rich seems disappointed that his childhood friend Steve Cheek doesn't want to go down to Cheddar Gorge & drink cider with him whenever he rings him up. Reluctantly, Stew agrees to go cider drinking with him after the show, prompting an infantile Wurzels impression from Rich, while Stew points out that sooner or later you will outgrow your friends. This offends Richard, and links into the first "Captain Oates" sketch, Rich then goes on to complain that his flat has become overrun by mice in the preceding week, and points out the dilemma he's in as a result of being a vegetarian (like Morrissey & Hitler) and therefore unable to condone the murder of mice. A "Pied Piper" parody explains what he did t

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  • Originally Aired April 25, 1995
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Network BBC Two
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Name Type Role
Richard Herring Writer
Stewart Lee Writer