Lead Balloon

  • Premiered: Oct 2006
  • Episodes: 27
  • Followers: 17
  • Ended
  • BBC Four
  • Unknown
  • Comedy

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Season 1
1x1
Rubbish
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 04, 2006
Rick fronts a lame government TV recycling campaign which backfires spectacularly. He falls out with café-owner Michael over a homemade fruitcake, and has a full-on row with unhinged baby-present shopkeeper Maureen.
1x2
Wayne
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 11, 2006
A teaspoon crisis in the Spleen household leads Rick to petty theft. Meanwhile, Rick's sleep is disturbed by the paperboy, Wayne, who is very punctual, very noisy and has a brain the size of a walnut.
1x3
£5000
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 18, 2006
Rick gets in a punch-up at an awards ceremony and ends up with a black eye. Marty is preparing to pitch a programme to the BBC and Michael is delighted that Rick has accidentally sponsored him a small fortune for his Skipathon.
1x4
Allergic
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 25, 2006
Rick discovers he may have inadvertently killed one of Britain's best-loved entertainers, but he's preoccupied by a missing shoe-organiser. Meanwhile Rick prepares for upcoming appearance on topical news panel show Bullet in the News.
1x5
Pistachio
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 01, 2006
Rick buys himself a scooter but worries that it makes him look gay. Hosting the Air Conditioning and Climate Control Awards goes disastrously, and a trip to the local dry cleaner ends in a heated argument.
1x6 Season finale
Fatty
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 08, 2006
Rick is publicly humiliated on TV by daytime chat-show host Adam Green. He also has an unfortunate encounter with an acquaintance at the gym, and Ben manages to destroy Rick's brand new DVD player by taking the back off.

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