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The Weekenders (1992)

The Weekenders poster
Directed by
Sandy Johnson
Genre
sitcom
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 1 episode
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two friends go to a meat festival in a field. Aliens chase them to take the meat for their queen.

surrealwhimsicalabsurdistoffbeatcomediclightheartedquirky

What happens

The Weekenders is a one-off comic television pilot starring Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, produced by Granada Television for Channel 4. Broadcast on Wednesday 17 June 1992 as part of a series of pilots entitled Bunch of Five, it was a surreal sitcom in which two friends, Jim and Bob, visit a meat festival taking place in an open field. They are then chased by aliens who want the meat they have bought to feed their queen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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