to obliterate the United States and President Cyclops has to decide whether to retaliate. The title sequence already showed the aftermath of the decision, Earth reduced to a nuclear wasteland. In a final twist, we discover that the woman we see in the title sequence selling buttons reading "WEAR YOUR MUSHROOM WITH PRIDE" is in fact the First Lady, who was hidden in a fallout shelter and is one of the few survivors of the war. Cast Barry Morse as President Johnny Cyclops John Barron as The Deacon, Presidential Advisor Richard Griffiths as Premier Dubienkin John Cleese as Lacrobat Peter Jones as Prime Minister Kevin Pork Bruce Montague as Shah Mashiq Rassim Ed Bishop as Jay Garrick, Newsreader Geoffrey Palmer as British Foreign Secretary Richard Davies as British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alexei Sayle as Commissar Solzhenitsyn David Kelly as Abdab Also appearing are: Kirstie Pooley as British Newsreader, Matt Zimmerman as Dean, Bob Sherman as Buzz, Lou Hirsch as Jed Grodd, Jack Klaff as Dwight, Ed Devereaux as General E.F. "Gizzard" Pemberley, Rik Mayall as Biff and small uncredited roles by Stuart Milligan, Carmen Silvera, John Dair and Pat Astley. Film In 1986, a film of the same title was released. The plot of the film is almost completely different from the TV series, but does share certain commonalities. British Prime Minister Sir Mortimer Chris (Peter Cook), a conservative politician who goes insane, is a fusion of US President Johnny Cyclops and UK Prime Minister Kevin Pork. External links 1980s British satirical television series ITV sitcoms Television series by ITC Entertainment English-language television shows 1982 British television series debuts 1982 British television series endings 1980s British sitcoms British political comedy television series Television shows adapted into films Apocalyptic television series London Weekend Television shows