other episodes had animated opening titles, similar in nature to those of Bewitched. Cast Neil McCaul as Adolf Hitler DeNica Fairman as Eva Braun (replaced by Maria Friedman in unaired episodes) Gareth Marks as Arny Goldenstein Lewis Barratt as Joseph Stalin (character only appeared in unaired episodes) Caspar Wallace as Background Narrator (exclusive to episode 4) Caroline Gruber as Rosa Goldenstein Laura Brattan as Ruth Thomas Lord as Hermann Göring (only in unaired 1990 Christmas special) Ben Boardman as Reinhard Heydrich (character removed from show after episode 6) Patrick Cargill as Neville Chamberlain Production, controversy and cancellation The programme was written by Geoff Atkinson and commissioned by the satellite television channel Galaxy, part of British Satellite Broadcasting (which later became part of BSkyB). It was shown at 9.30pm on a Sunday, after an episode of Dad's Army. During the credits of Dad's Army, Galaxy's announcer said "And unless Arthur Lowe defeats him, it's the man himself in a few moments in Heil Honey, I'm Home!, as the Galaxy Comedy Weekend continues." The programme proved controversial, with Hayim Pinner, secretary general of the Board of Deputies of British Jews describing the pilot as "in very bad taste", adding that: "We are against any trivialisation of the Second World War, Hitler or the Holocaust, and this certainly trivialises those things. It's very distasteful and even offensive." Television historian Marian Calabro described it as "perhaps the world's most tasteless situation comedy". However, some commentators also point out the crassness was intentional, and an element of the parody – among these is David Hawkes, professor of English, who cites Heil Honey, I'm Home! as a "heavy-handed concept", and argues that the show was a failure as a comedy because it "disastrously exceeded" the limits of irony. Even so, the show has reached a level of infamy in which it still gets discussed in incredulous terms on retrospective programmes. A video from GarethMarks.com, entitled "Comedy Showreel", contains clips from the pilot and unseen episodes. Arthur Mathews has said that the production company sent him a copy of the entire series. The filming of the series was cancelled immediately by Sky (BSkyB) on its acquisition of British Satellite Broadcasting. The show is one of the most controversial programmes ever to have been screened in the UK; it was listed at number 61 on Channel 4's 100 Greatest TV Moments from Hell. Atkinson maintains that the aim