Intergalactic Kitchen

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Intergalactic Kitchen
Based on The Intergalactic Kitchen
by Frank Rodgers
Starring
  • Lloyd Baillie
  • Linzi Campbell
  • Luke Mackle
  • Tamara Kennedy
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes13 x 20 minute episodes
Production
Running time20 minutes
Release
Original network BBC One
Original releaseJanuary 2004 (2004-01) 
April 2004 (2004-04)

Intergalactic Kitchen is a CBBC television series, based on the 1990 novel The Intergalactic Kitchen by Frank Rodgers. It ran from January to April 2004.

Contents

The show had a distinct reality to it, with the normal themes (romance, adventures).

Practical special effects on the show were provided by well-known YouTuber Big Clive. [1]

Plot

The show is about the Bird children (Robin, Snoo and Jay), their mother and Fleur, a rival from Snoo and Jay's school. They are about to go camping, when Mrs. Bird accidentally activates a force field and they are shot off into outer space. They attempt to get back to Earth, when a family of four aliens arrives in the kitchen. Then everything goes wrong, when Mrs. Bird accidentally climbs into the aliens' spaceship, and Mr. and Mrs. Krryptyx accidentally activate the engines, thus separating Mrs. Bird's children and Mr. and Mrs. Krryptyx's children. This leads both the children and the adults on a series of mad adventures.

Cast

RoleActor
Robin BirdLloyd Balie
Snoo BirdLinzi Campbell
Jay BirdLuke Mackle
Fleur MasonEmma Ballantine
Krrk KrryptyxJoshua Manning
Kirstie KrryptyxHelen Mcalpine
Mrs. Emily BirdTamara Kennedy
Mr. KrryptyxMark McDonnel
Mrs. KrryptyxJulie Coombe
Cheese MiteDamian Farrell
Cheese MiteColin Purves
DaveStephen McCole
PintoidCallum Cuthbertson
WGA LeaderMark Robertson

Crew

RoleName
DirectorsMartin Burt
Shiona McCubbin
David Cairns
WritersFrank Rodgers
Moray Hunter
Mark Robertson
Robyn Charteris
Rhiannon Tise
David Cairns
Director of photographyScott Ward
Camera operatorStephen Mochrie
Production designJohn Gorman
Costume designConnie Fairbairn
Make up designJacqui Mallett
Art directorAdam Squires
Assistant art directorDavid Turbitt
Props/standbyPaul Macnamara
Assistant costumeHannah Goldinger
Script continuitySarah Gill
Sound recordistDavid Quinn
Production managerGillian Irvine
Executive producerSimon Parsons
Series producerNigel R. Smith
Music and sound designMatt Wand

Episodes

EpisodeTitleSummary
1Blast OffA family of aliens arriving on Earth for a holiday inadvertently cause the Bird family and their kitchen to blast away from their house and speed off away from the Solar System. Intent on returning the kitchen and its occupants to Earth, the aliens give chase. Something goes wrong, and human and alien children are stranded together in the kitchen as it hurtles away from the spaceship and into a black hole....
2Brain DrainThe human and alien children's attempts to survive alone in space are not helped by discovering that they are allergic to each other, and by the Earth children suspecting that the aliens want to remove the brain of Robin, the youngest and brightest "kitchenaut".
3It's a Mall WorldThe kitchenauts drift past a Shopping Planet and Fleur sneakily indulges in some retail therapy. Everything goes wrong when her credit card is refused and the shopping planet announces that it will repossess the kitchen to cover her debt.
4Rebel ApplianceThe kitchen is invaded by a race of hyper-intelligent household appliances intent on making the kitchenauts their servants.
5UselessThe kitchen passes by a Rubbish Planet which assesses many of the kitchenauts favourite objects as useless and plans to remove them for recycling – including Jay!
6The Other MotherMrs. Bird unexpectedly arrives in the kitchen, having miraculously crossed four hundred million light years of interstellar space. Or has she? The kitchenauts begin to suspect that their mother might not be what she appears to be.
7Turning Point, Part One: The Diceman ComethPintoid, a game playing alien, tricks the kitchenauts into playing a bizarre game of snakes, ladders and forfeits. The winner will be able to return to Earth,but the losers face an eternity of playing games on Pintoid's home planet, as well as being transformed into dice.
8Turning Point, Part Two: The Umpire Strikes BackPintoid returns to the kitchen to claim his forfeit, encountering unexpected resistance as the kitchenauts fight back.
  • The title is a reference to the second Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back. This is the second episode which title parodies Star Wars, the first one being "Rebel Appliance".
9Virtual MumRealising that the Robin is missing his mother, Krrk creates a computer simulation based on everything he has overheard the human kitchenauts say about mothers.
10Emotion SicknessSnoo and Fleur go all out to win the affections of an unemotional Krrk, with Jay attempting to stop them!
11Take me to your LarderAn alien gourmet invades the kitchen, intent on savouring the rare delicacy of human brains. And when Snoo tries to fix everyone's brains, everyone ends up swapping bodies!
  • The title parodies the phrase "Take me to your Leader", which is commonly associated with alien films.
  • At one point, Snoo and Kirstie share Kirk's body, like what happened in the 1989 film Identity Crisis and the 1984 film All of Me .
12Baby on BoardFleur becomes surrogate parent to an alien slime baby.
13Space CowboyThe kitchenauts engage the services of Dave, a decidedly dodgy double glazer.
  • This is currently the last episode of the series.
  • The title is a reference to the opening line of the Steve Miller Band's 1974 song "The Joker".

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References

  1. bigclivedotcom (18 March 2018), Make a Kryptonite pendant., archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 19 March 2018