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Kinvig

30min

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Kinvig is a sci-fi comedy television series made for British television in 1981. Ineffectual dreamer Des Kinvig (Tony Haygarth) runs a rundown little electrical repair shop in the small town of Bingleton where he lives with his mumsy, scatterbrained wife Netta (Patsy Rowlands) and oversized pet dog Cuddly. One day his shop is visited by the beautiful, sharp-tongued Miss Griffin (Prunella Gee) who seems at first just another dissatisfied customer. However, after encountering a flying saucer while walking the dog one night, Kinvig discovers she is actually a scantily-clad alien from the planet Mercury who desperately needs the help of the scruffy, bearded Des' "exceptional brain" to stop an invasion of the evil ant-like Xux who are replacing people with robot duplicates. (information obtained from Wikipedia)

Episodes

Cast

Season 1

Contact

1. Contact

30min

4th Sep 1981

Creature of the Xux

2. Creature of the Xux

30min

11th Sep 1981

Des and Jim suspect that their local councilor Mr Horsley is really a replicant created by the evil Xux.

Double, Double…

3. Double, Double…

30min

18th Sep 1981

The Big Benders

4. The Big Benders

30min

25th Sep 1981

Des and Jim fear that the Xux are going to inflict spoon-bending mental powers on humanity in order to create chaos.

Where Are You, Miss Griffin?

5. Where Are You, Miss Griffin?

30min

2nd Oct 1981

Miss Griffin has not been in the shop for a few days. Des has a home-medicine induced vision of his alien friends telling him that she has disappeared on her last mission. All evidence points to the local park.

The Humanoid Factory

6. The Humanoid Factory

30min

9th Oct 1981

Des has a nightmare of humanoid replicas of Mr Horsley emerging from the burning council building. At the same time Mr Horsley's nephew is creating a new line of shop dummies.

The Mystery of Netta

7. The Mystery of Netta

30min

16th Oct 1981

First air date

4th Sep 1981

Last air date

16th Oct 1981

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

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