Kinvig

Kinvig

Lazy, unambitious repairman and UFO enthusiast Des Kinvig encounters a spaceship captained by the beautiful Miss Griffin from Mercury. Or is it all just the fantasy of a man having a quiet breakdown?

Genre: ComedySci-Fi

Cast:Tony HaygarthPatsy RowlandsPrunella GeeColin JeavonsDanny SchillerStephen BentAlan BodenhamSimon WilliamsPatrick NewellBetty HardyMichael MaloneyJamie ForemanDavid SavileDesmond McNamaraJim WigginsDon McKillopShirley StelfoxRobert Hamilton


1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Contact

Thu, Sep 3, 1981

Lazy repairman Des Kinvig's life changes when he imagines meeting a glamorous alien from Mercury, who looks a lot like his latest customer Miss Griffin.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Creature of the Xux

Thu, Sep 10, 1981

Des and Jim suspect that their local councilor Mr Horsley is really a replicant created by the evil Xux.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Double, Double...

Thu, Sep 17, 1981

When his wife Nell tells him she saw a man in the neighborhood who looked like him, Des has a dream where Miss Griffin warns him that the Xux have created a clone to replace.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ The Big Benders

Thu, Sep 24, 1981

Des and Jim fear that the Xux are going to inflict spoon-bending mental powers on humanity in order to create chaos.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Where Are You Miss Griffin?

Thu, Oct 1, 1981

Miss Griffin has not been in the shop for a few days. Des has a home-medicine induced vision of his alien friends telling him that she has disappeared on her last mission. All evidence points to the local park.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ The Humanoid Factor

Thu, Oct 8, 1981

Des has a nightmare of humanoid replicas of Mr Horsley emerging from the burning council building. At the same time Mr Horsley's nephew is creating a new line of shop dummies.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ The Mystery of Netta

Thu, Oct 15, 1981

Netta shows a sudden and obsessive interest in the subject of alien spacecraft. When Des and Jim discover that she has invited a strange being to tea, they become rather alarmed.