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20-1241: Andrew Marshall may refer to: Entertainment and media [ edit ] Andrew Marshall (screenwriter) (born 1954), British comedy screenwriter Andrew Marshall (journalist) , British journalist and radio presenter Andrew Marshall (Asia journalist) (born 1967), British journalist specialising in South East Asia Andrew MacGregor Marshall (born 1971), Scottish journalist and writer Sports [ edit ] Andrew Marshall (American football) (1879–1965), American football player Andrew Marshall (Canadian football) (born 1990), Canadian football player Andrew Marshall (golfer) (born 1973), English professional golfer Andrew Marshall (soccer) (born 1984), American footballer Others [ edit ] Andrew Marshall (foreign policy strategist) (1921–2019), American foreign policy strategist See also [ edit ] Andy Marshall (born 1975), English football goalkeeper Drew Marshall (born 1966), Canadian radio presenter Andrew Marshal (1742–1813), Scottish physician and anatomist [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

40-443: A large audience in its Saturday night slot and was not recommissioned for a second run. For many years Marshall avoided publicity of any kind, explaining that "it's very bad for you" and cited his major influences as "Alfred Hitchcock and Walt Disney... which explains a lot." In 2005, he had a small cameo appearance on-screen in an episode of David Renwick's comedy-drama Love Soup on BBC One, alongside Renwick himself, as members of

60-408: A series of satirical sketches, often presented in a surreal, absurd and discontinuous style – anticipating Monty Python's Flying Circus , which began five months after the last episode of Do Not Adjust Your Set . Several surreal animations between sketches were crafted for the second series by Terry Gilliam , who soon graduated to Python along with Palin, Jones and Idle. One recurring feature of

80-532: A series of television satires, including Whoops Apocalypse , Hot Metal and If You See God, Tell Him — the latter originally for Channel 4 , but postponed for several years when the channel refused to let them direct it, and finally ending up at the BBC later. They also experimented with a type of neo- Vaudeville style in The Steam Video Company for Thames Television , ultimately ending up at

100-613: A sitcom script-writing team. He also appeared as a member of the critics panel on several editions of BBC 7's "Serious About Comedy" in 2006–7. He later began a new collaboration with Rob Grant , producing directing and writing the Radio 4 Series " The Quanderhorn Xperimentations " - and also the novel version published by Gollancz . He and Rob Grant launched a Radio 4 sketch Series " The Nether Regions " as writer/performers in October 2019. Do Not Adjust Your Set Do Not Adjust Your Set

120-447: Is a British television series produced originally by Rediffusion, London , then, by the fledgling Thames Television for British commercial television channel ITV from 26 December 1967 to 14 May 1969. The show took its name from the message (frequently seen on the TV screen in those days) that was displayed when there was a problem with transmission or technical difficulties. It helped launch

140-958: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Andrew Marshall (screenwriter) Born in Lowestoft, Marshall attended Fen Park School and then Lowestoft Grammar School , and afterwards Borough Road College where he studied mathematics and psychology. Around the same time, he worked regularly on Radio 4 's Week Ending , together with David Renwick , Douglas Adams , Alistair Beaton , John Lloyd , Simon Brett and others. Shortly afterwards he began writing The Burkiss Way with David Renwick and John Mason (who later dropped out to go to acting school). Renwick and Marshall remained scriptwriting partners for many years. Brought by Humphrey Barclay to London Weekend Television , originally to repeat his 'nursery slopes comedy' Do Not Adjust Your Set with End of Part One , Marshall and Renwick went on to write

160-594: The BBC, writing, with Alexei Sayle , Alexei Sayle's Stuff . Along the way they also wrote the screenplay for a film version of Whoops Apocalypse and adapted Tom Sharpe 's novel Wilt for a film of the same title . After a tentative and unsuccessful attempt at solo writing with Sob Sisters at Central Television , Marshall found long-lasting success BBC One 's 2point4 children , adding to it Health and Efficiency and later, Dad . He also found time to adapt Alexei Sayle's short story "Lose Weight, Ask Me How" for

180-556: The Christmas special and some Terry Gilliam animations (restored from his own masters) that appeared in otherwise lost episodes. The very first episode, an introductory special meant for Boxing Day 1967, was accidentally switched with the first regular episode in all regions except for London. The first series was produced by Rediffusion, thirteen episodes were broadcast between 26 December 1967 to 28 March 1968, Thursdays at 17:25. Three episodes from this series are currently missing from

200-586: The additional writers in the credits for episodes 3 and 4. The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band was seen playing their song " Death Cab for Cutie " (also performed in the Beatles ' film Magical Mystery Tour ) on the DVD in episode 7. On 16 September 2019, the British Film Institute released a comprehensive DVD set of the surviving videos and animations from both series. It includes the previously missing fourth episode of

220-404: The archives, nine episodes survive as telerecordings and a further edition (Episode 4) survives on a domestic tape recording. Several cast changes occurred over the course of this series, Tim Brooke-Taylor filled in for Michael Palin for the studio recording for Episode 9, as the latter was having his appendix removed. The following edition, Neil Innes was absent from the taping since he had

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240-586: The careers of Denise Coffey , David Jason , Eric Idle , Terry Jones and Michael Palin ; the last three became members of the Monty Python comedy troupe soon afterward. Although originally conceived as a children's programme, it quickly acquired a fandom amongst adults, including future Python members John Cleese and Graham Chapman . The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band , a satirical comedy/art/pop group, also performed songs in each programme and frequently appeared as extras in sketches. The programme itself comprised

260-578: The first series, which was rediscovered (but only after the earlier DVD release) when it was noticed that a copy had been sent to the jury of the Prix de Jeunesse award. This edition survives as a domestic recording on a Phillips 1500 cassette made by Thames Television in 1976, which was discovered by Kaleidoscope in 2015, when a copy was returned from Munich. It is thus the only series 1 episode with magnetic rather than optical sound quality. The BFI release features episodes with their original numbering. They include

280-510: The flu, so Eric Idle filled in for him when performing the vocals/ piano parts for the Bonzo's musical number 'Love is a Cylindrical Piano' . A summer special was broadcast on the 29 July 1968, it was the last episode to be produced by Rediffusion, since it was transmitted on their final day of broadcasting before Thames Television took over as the franchise holder for the London region (weekdays only)

300-507: The following day. The Christmas special was the first episode to be produced by Thames. For a 1986 repeat, David Jason demanded to be removed from the show, thus creating an abridged version of 25 minutes. This edition was also notable for featuring the first animated sketch by Terry Gilliam, who would go on to contribute further material for the subsequent series. The second and final series, thirteen episodes were broadcast between 19 February 1969 to 14 May 1969, Wednesdays at 17:20. Most of

320-574: The original 29 episodes currently exist. In June 1968, an episode of Do Not Adjust Your Set was submitted to the 1968 Prix Jeunesse International Television Festival in Munich . It won first prize in the 12–15 years category. Nine of the 14 episodes from the first (Rediffusion) series were released on DVD in the UK and the US on 25 August 2005. Both releases use the same NTSC Region 0 discs made from telerecordings of

340-474: The original videotapes. In this DVD release, the episodes are numbered 1 to 9, although, in fact, they are episodes 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 from series 1 (a similar fault was made on the release of At Last the 1948 Show ). The sole surviving episode from series 2 and Do Not Adjust Your Stocking were not included. Contrary to claims on the packaging, Terry Gilliam's animations also do not appear on this release, although Gilliam does appear as one of

360-409: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Marshall&oldid=1216097194 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

380-407: The series Spinechillers , in which Sayle also starred. Having also contributed to Agatha Christie's Poirot on ITV , he next wrote drama with the telefantasy series Strange for Saturday nights on BBC One. However, due to scheduling issues, a one-year gap between the pilot episode and the series and the BBC's decision not to repeat the pilot before the series began, the series failed to find

400-481: The show was Captain Fantastic , a superhero parody featuring David Jason in farcical and morbid adventures against villainess Mrs. Black (Coffey). These segments were shot entirely on location in London. The feature was so popular with the young audience that after Do Not Adjust Your Set itself ended, Captain Fantastic briefly continued in its own capacity in the children's magazine show Magpie . Only 14 of

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