Sorry, Sir, Missed the Bus
Sorry, Sir, Missed the Bus, or SSMTB for short, was a sitcom for radio written by Statto & JTA and submitted to BBC Radio 4, who didn’t want it.Plot
Two schoolboys, named, originally enough, Statto and JTA, attempt to take over Williams’ Grammar School, with the assistance of their incompetent sidekick, named, originally enough, Britton (cf. Britton).
Characters
- Statto
- JTA
- Colin Hint 999
- The Farmer 999
- Carol Davenport 999
Episodes
First Series
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#Anarchic Inferno
Statto and JTA plot to take over the school by torching the staff during their weekly meeting. Can Colin Hint succeed in wooing Carol Davenport with an apt birthday present amid this shenanigans?
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Second Series
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Christmas Special
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Completeness
No episode got any further than the above plot outlines except Anarchic Inferno, which was sent of to the Beeb and unceremoniously returned shortly afterwards.
Trivia
- The episode names are all puns on titles of episodes from Gerry Anderson’s Thunderbirds, eg. Anarchic Inferno parodies Atlantic Inferno, etc.