Not with a Bang

6.0/10199030mEnded1 Season · 7 Episodes

ComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

Not with a Bang was a short-lived British television sitcom produced by London Weekend Television in 1990. It ran for seven episodes, each 30 minutes long. The show was a dark science fiction comedy, focusing on the end of the human race on Earth. The title comes from the last line of T. S. Eliot's poem The Hollow Men "not with a bang, but a whimper".

Released: Mar 25, 1990

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Seasons

Season 1

7 episodes

Top Cast

Ronald Pickup

Brian Appleyard

Stephen Rea

Colin Garrity

Mike Grady

Graham Wilkins

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