Whoops Apocalypse: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A light-hearted look at the final week before doomsday. American President Johnny Cyclops is trying to run a re-election campaign while dealing with the Russians, a deposed Shah needing to be hidden, and a new weapon called a 'quark' bomb. Meanwhile, Lacrobat, the infamous terrorist, has stolen one of the quark bombs and is trying to get it into the Middle East. Stopping Lacrobat, getting the Shah to safety, placating the Russians and winning the election will require a brilliantly planned and perfectly executed strategy on the part of President Cyclops...

Series details

• Title: Whoops Apocalypse
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1982-03-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 1982-04-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 3680

Cast and credited roles

• Barry Morse — President Johnny Cyclops
• John Barron — The Deacon
• Richard Griffiths — Premier Dubienkin
• Richard Davies — British Chancellor Of The Exchequer
• Geoffrey Palmer — British Foreign Secrety
• Alexei Sayle — Commissar Alexei Solzhenitsyn
• John Cleese — Lacrobat (The Devil)
• Bruce Montague — Shah Mashiq Rassim
• Peter Jones — Kevin Pork (Prime Minister)
• Rik Mayall — Biff
• David Kelly — Abdab

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1982-03-14; final listed air date 1982-04-18; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Whoops Apocalypse on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.