Cast, characters and plot
(complete cast in order of appearance)
Main characters are listed in bold letters
- King Lear— John Cleese
- Tim Brown Windsor— Tim Brooke-Taylor
- Host of the "Puma and Mowing Machine"— David Hatch
- Mr. Hatch— David Hatch
- Lady Fiona Rabbit-Vacuum(Jim Lad)— Jo Kendall
- The Bosun— Bill Oddie
- Captain Cleese— John Cleese
- The Hand— Bill Oddie
- "Lookout"— Bill Oddie
- Casey O'Sullivan— Bill Oddie
- Masher Wilkins— John Cleese
- The First Class Passenger— John Cleese
- Grimbling(Butler to Tim's Aunt)— Bill Oddie
- Lady Constance de Coverlet— Tim Brooke-Taylor
- Maisie Robinson— Jo Kendall
- Colonel Clutch-Featheringhaugh— David Hatch
- Nosebone— Bill Oddie
- Wong(the Supply-Keeper)— Tim Brooke-Taylor
- Wong Tu(his brother)— John Cleese
- Mustafa Drink (the Slave Trader)— David Hatch
- "Hurricane" Flossie— Tim Brooke-Taylor
- The Caliph— Bill Oddie
- Angus McFergus— Bill Oddie
- Jeannie McFergus— Jo Kendall
- Slave-Girl Trader— Bill Oddie
- Torturer— John Cleese
- Zoo Keeper— John Cleese
- Policeman— John Cleese
- Sir ..... of the Desert— John Cleese
- Sand Witch— Bill Oddie
- Bar Keeper— Bill Oddie
- Ali Baba— Bill Oddie
- Dwarf— Bill Oddie
- High Priestess— Jo Kendall
- Dawn— Jo Kendall
- Curtain— Tim Brooke-Taylor
- Armand— Bill Oddie
In the first episode, Tim Brown-Windsor is being pressganged on to the ship "The Flying Wombat". This subplot is however soon forgotten, as Tim and his girlfriend Fiona Rabbit-Vacuum (who is disguised as a male cabin-boy, Jim Ladd) join the expedition that Captain Cleese has set out for: to find a jewel called The Green Eye of the Yellow God, as in the poem by Rudyard Kipling - the name of the gem is however soon changed into "The Green Eye of the little Yellow Dog". Despite sabotages from the villain Casey O'Sullivan and his moronic sidekick Masher Wilkins, the ship sails on for several episodes, picking up the recurring ISIRTA characters Grimbling and Lady Constance (introduced here) on the way. Eventually, the ship is abandoned, and the main cast travel on by foot. They are held up in Baghdad as slaves, but finally reach Kathmandu, where they find the jewel in question. However, as the final twist in chapter 13, the "Eye" is found to belong to a fierce dog that is neither small nor yellow (cowardly), but attacks them. In the season's special Christmas episode, the 14th part of the saga is introduced, but the cast of characters is chastised by a BBC official for having produced more than the agreed 13 episodes, and "forced" to perform a pantomime, "Jack and the bean stalk". Later, in season 4, the cast is on the contrary "rewarded" with a return; they perform the play "Champion the Wonder Mouse". Lady Constance appears in many later episodes; Tim, Fiona and Grimbling also remained as recurring characters.
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