Galloping Galaxies!

Galloping Galaxies!
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. 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

Set in the 25th century, and following 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!"

External links

• Galloping Galaxies! at IMDb