in agony, clutching their gonads." Commentator: "So Crunchthorpe don't really go in for one-touch play, then?" Northern pundit: "Oh, aye, they do. Provided the one touch is delivered just below the kneecaps like a steam hammer hitting an avocado..." A running gag in the show was various characters (particularly Sayle) speaking lines from well known pop songs as dialogue. The fictional town of Felchester was a joke: a reference to felching, conflating that term with Melchester, the fictional home of Roy of the Rovers. In one episode, "The Fifth Man", the Cambridge Five spy scandal is mocked when Felchester plays Cambridge in the FA Cup and wins as a result of Cambridge players, including a mysterious fifth man, scoring own goals against their own team. Lenin of the Rovers ran for two series, each comprising four shows. The final two episodes of series 2 were postponed due to the Hillsborough disaster, and were eventually aired sixteen years later in 2005. Episodes Series 1) Series 2 Episodes 3 and 4 of series 2 were cancelled from their original scheduled broadcast dates of 15 April and 22 April 1989 respectively due to the Hillsborough disaster, and were not broadcast until the series was repeated on BBC 7 in April 2005. However, the whole of series 2 was released by the BBC as a double-cassette set in 1992. External links epguides.com Lenin of the Rovers on epguides.com BBC Lenin of the Rovers on bbc.co.uk radiolistings.co.uk Lenin of the Rovers on radiolistings.co.uk BBC Radio 4 programmes BBC Radio comedy programmes 1988 radio programme debuts 1989 disestablishments Fictional association football clubs