Captain Zep - Space Detective

Contents

Host

"Captain Zep", played by:

Paul Greenwood (1983)

Richard Morant (1984)

Co-hosts

Ben Ellison as "Jason Brown"

Harriet Keevil as "Professor Spiro" (1983)

Tracey Childs as "Professor Vana" (1984)

Broadcast

BBC1, 5 January 1983 to 13 April 1984 (12 episodes in two series)

Synopsis

Crime puzzle in which Captain Zep would challenge the studio audience to solve a filmed mystery. There was also a secondary puzzle in each show, the answer to which was given in the next episode. The first 50 viewers out of the proverbial hat with the correct answer won a Captain Zep - Space Detective badge.

The filmed inserts were quite clever, with blue-screen used to place the actors in eerie alien worlds. Apart from the regulars, all the other characters were drawings superimposed on the backgrounds, which was much more effective than it sounds.

A smart little show that probably deserves to be better remembered than it actually is.

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