My First Planet

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Vicki Pepperdine
Tom Goodman-Hill
Phil Whelans
John Dorney
Cariad Lloyd
Letty Butler

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My First Planet is a British radio sitcom written by Phil Whelans. Set on a newly founded space colony, second-in-command Brian Palmer (Nicholas Lyndhurst) finds himself unexpectedly in charge when their intended leader dies and must work with the colonists to ensure their survival.

The series is produced by David Tyler for Pozzitive Television and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra. The first series initially aired in 2012 and the second in 2014.

Cast

Series one

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|Title = The Landing Has Landed

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2012|04|11}}

|EpisodeNumber = 1

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|ShortSummary = Day 1 on the colony and the inhabitants have lost the food, the air, the Commander and the mood music. Meanwhile, Chief Physician Lillian makes a terrible discovery about Project Adam.

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|Title = Hairdresser from Space

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2012|04|18}}

|EpisodeNumber = 2

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|ShortSummary = Day 7 on the colony and Mason stirs up an ethical nightmare involving a hairdressing clone. Richard, meanwhile, tries to find a purpose in the colony.

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{{Episode list/sublist|My First Planet

|Title = The Noticeboard of Doom

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2012|04|25}}

|EpisodeNumber = 3

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|ShortSummary = Day 9 and the colonists are torn between Richard's newsletter and Archer's hot pants.

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{{Episode list/sublist|My First Planet

|Title = Inglorious Barters

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2012|05|02}}

|EpisodeNumber = 4

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|ShortSummary = Day 12. A queue for the loo and a rogue backrub threaten to blow up the colony.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01gvqnq|title = BBC Radio 4 - My First Planet, Series 1, Inglorious Barters}} With guest star Richard Bond.

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Series two

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|Title = Sample of Terror

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2014|07|21}}

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|ShortSummary = Day 30 and Brian tries to save the contents of a freezer, while Mason tries to role-play in the nuclear core.

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|Title = One Small Naughty Step For Man

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2014|07|28}}

|EpisodeNumber = 2

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|ShortSummary = Day 32. The colony teacher shuts Carol and Richard in a room with some alcohol, Lillian attempts to cure the common cold and Mason invents a personal environment suit.

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|Title = They Came to Test Our Brains

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2014|08|04}}

|EpisodeNumber = 3

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|ShortSummary = Day 40. A pub quiz and a talking yam, who seems to be smarter than he, spells disaster for Brian when he discovers his I.Q.

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|Title = Adjective From Space!

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2014|08|11}}

|EpisodeNumber = 4

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|ShortSummary = Day 43. Lillian experiments with mind control and an election is called. Richard goes for the youth vote by talking nonsense while Brian's campaign is based on some nauseating protein.

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|Title = Let Me Entertain Me

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2014|08|18}}

|EpisodeNumber = 5

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|ShortSummary = Day 46. The colony is suffering from a lack of art and CCTV is the new entertainment. Despite the discovery of a poet, Archer gains popularity by scripting events, including a monster, a sword fight and a bomb.

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{{Episode list/sublist|My First Planet

|Title = Day Trip to Terror!

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2014|08|25}}

|EpisodeNumber = 6

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|ShortSummary = Day 49. What better time for social media to kick in than on a dangerous mission on the surface?

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Reception

The first series received coverage as 'Pick of the Day' in The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Independent, with The Daily Telegraph{{'}}s Gillian Reynolds commenting: "What makes it funny is that its characters are (and remain) all too recognisably human".{{Cite web|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/radio/my_first_planet/press/|title = My First Planet press clippings}}

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