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Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round·BBC Two

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1 season · 6 eps

Season 1

S1 · E1 30 min

Episode 1 Episode 1

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Comic hero Alexei Sayle dons his tight suit to deliver high-octane monologues and off-the-wall observations in a six-part series propounding his slanted view of the world. See today's choices.

S1 · E2 30 min

Episode 2 Episode 2

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Alexei Sayle finds out what it's like to be a sex object, uncovers the mysteries of retailing, and advises on the best way to leave a porn shop as he continues his off-the-wall observations.

S1 · E3 30 min

Episode 3 Episode 3

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Alexei Sayle explains how to look like an authentic expert while visiting an art gallery, reveals the true meaning behind some of Shakespeare's works, and takes a look at censorship of the press.

S1 · E4 30 min

Episode 4 Episode 4

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Alexei Sayle reveals that he has been the victim of an alien abduction, but comforts himself with the fact that at least it was a business-class kidnapping rather than the slower, economy-rate snatch. He also delivers insights into celebrity marriages and how they can be a wise career move, particularly if you marry the director-general of the BBC.

S1 · E5 30 min

Episode 5 Episode 5

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Alexi Sayle offers his services to the government as minister for curries, claiming that he would ensure every curry has the "same mouth-burning strength" from Glasgow to Guildford

S1 · E6 30 min

Episode 6 Episode 6

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In the last of the series, Alexei Sayle considers what might have happened if the career of Bobby Charlton had coincided with penicillin's invention and the building of Hadrian's Wall.

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