 The original pilot episode had a different cast:  Rowan Atkinson (qv) and Chris Langham (qv) were joined by  Chris Emmett (qv), Christopher Godwin (qv),  John Gorman (II) (qv), Willoughby Goddard (qv) and  Jonathan Hyde (qv). The pilot was due to air on 2nd April 1979,  but was cancelled due to BBC fears over its political content just  before a General Election, and has never been broadcast.