Spaceship: The Complete Series 1 and 2

James Fleet stars as Captain 'Flashdance' Gordon Taylor in this science fiction sitcom set in the 22nd centuryIt's the year 2104, and a fleet of research cruisers has been launched into space on a mission to seek out new life. Every moment on board has been captured, preserved and transmitted back to Earth - and in these unique recordings from The Really Invincible III, Macclesfield Division, we get to eavesdrop on all the goings-on of the plucky but inept crew...From a problematic meeting with an alien princess to a horde of space tourists on a holiday from hell, life on the cruiser is never less than eventful. Indecisive Captain Taylor is faced with disaster when another of the fleet's spaceships, The Indestructible III, suddenly explodes; relentlessly nice Communications Officer Karen embarks on a forbidden romance with ship's engineer Stuart; and medical scientist Clive 55 causes chaos when he is arrested for murdering his 136 clones, and experiments with dark matter to catastrophic effect.Having survived a trip into a black hole, the team run into trouble with some murderous plant life; get into a spot of bother with a marauding, undead space pirate; contract a mystery plague that causes them to age at an alarming rate; and find reality reflected back at them in the mirror at the end of the universe...Created by Clayton Grange writers Paul Barnhill and Neil Warhurst, who also play Stuart and Clive 55, this zany space comedy features an ensemble cast including James Fleet, Emily Joyce and Rosie Cavaliero.Written by Paul Barnhill and Neil WarhurstDirected by Sally AvensCastCaptain Gordon Taylor - James FleetMelissa Patterson - Emily JoyceKaren Trex - Rosie CavalieroStuart Jackson - Paul BarnhillClive 55 - Neil WarhurstPrincess Urrgh/Captain Ponter/The King of the Dwapeye - Stephen HoganUrrgh Emperor/Ion - Jason ChanNarrator - Nicholas BoultonTrevor - Rob HastieThe Pendula Verbularis - Anna BengoCaptain Jones - Simon TrevesTherapy Computer - Joannah TinceySpam - Ben CroweDoreen - Rachel AtkinsFirst broadcast BBC Radio 7, 27 June-1 July 2005 (Series 1), 25-29 February 2008 (Series 2)(c) 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd