THE CAPTAIN BUTLER
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SEASON ONE
SIX EPISODES
EPISODE I: DEATH IS JUST ANOTHER WORD
3rd January 1997
Roger runs away to join Butler and his crew,
and brings a schedule for a Spanish fleet transporting slaves and gold. The
crew enthusiastically decide to attack, but Butler is sure they will be killed.
He pretends to be a Spanish Admiral using a fancy dress costume, and is invited
on board, to discover the ship is a family Wine Merchants. His crew
accidentally sink the ship.
Writers: John Smith and Rob Sprackling.
Director: Iain McLean.
Guest Stars: Arturo Venegas
as Don Gonzales, Nigel Anthony as Translator and Shend
as Bungo.
EPISODE II: KISS ME HARDER
10th January 1997
The Victory spots the ship, and Lord Nelson
and Hardy come on board. The crew decide to hide, pretending they are the Marie
Celeste, but when they are not convinced, Butler pretends to be a British
Captain and spins a yarn about the French attacking them, but when the others
are discovered, they pretend to be French, and frighten off Nelson.
Writers: John Smith and Rob Sprackling.
Director: Iain McLean.
Guest Stars: Robert Llewellyn as Nelson,
David Coker as Parrot Voice and Ian Tolmie as Hardy.
EPISODE III: DESERT ISLAND DICK
17th January 1997
The ship hits a reef, and Butler, is rescued
by a Mermaid. While the crew repair the ship, Butler gets to know the mermaid
Tracey better, writing her love poetry and engaging in some unusual sex. He
decides to stay and marry her until he is transformed into a merman, and must
give her up to be transformed back again.
Writers: John Smith and Rob Sprackling.
Director: Iain McLean.
Guest Stars: Liz Anson as Tracey and Vincent
Wong as Old Man.
EPISODE IV: THE TALE OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
24th January 1997
Roger tells the tale of an albatross bringing
the curse of the ancient mariner down on them. Butler does not believe it, but
the crew are convinced they are going to die. Things start to disappear,
including Roger, then Adeel, and Butler starts to
reconsider, when he learns he is next. The whole thing is a joke, by Roger on
Butler.
Writers: John Smith and Rob Sprackling.
Director: Iain McLean.
Guest Stars: None.
EPISODE V: KIDNAPPED
31st January 1997
The crew are in port, and when a little girl
stumbles on the ship, they decide to hold her for ransom. They prepare a ransom
note, then they learn she is Blackbeard's daughter. At
the exchange, they discover the man is Blackbeard the milliner, not the pirate,
become overconfident and get beaten up.
Writers: John Smith and Rob Sprackling.
Director: Iain McLean.
Guest Stars: Francesca Gowan
as Lucy and Peter Geeves as Blackbeard.
EPISODE VI: JAILHOUSE CROCK
7th February 1997
The crew are arrested for piracy, but Butler
manages to escape from jail. He returns as a Defence Council for the rest of
the crew, and gets them off, but is exposed and convicted himself. The crew
rescue him from the hangman's noose.
Writers: John Smith and Rob Sprackling.
Director: Iain McLean.
Guest Stars: Michael Fenton Stevens as
Executioner, Michael Godley as Judge, Peter Waddington as Marbles Perkins and
Stuart Harwood as Jailer.
This was the only series, of Captain Butler,
unfortunately, which in my general opinion, was a
really great loss, where Classic British Comedy, is concerned!
Thank you
Marie Birch