The Best Episodes of Lead Balloon Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.3/10(64 votes)

   #1 - Rubbish

   S1:E110/4/2006

   Rick fronts a lame government TV recycling campaign which backfires spectacularly. He falls out with café-owner Michael over a homemade fruitcake, and has a full-on row with unhinged baby-present shopkeeper Maureen.

   Director:Alex Hardcastle

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.2/10(43 votes)

   #2 - Wayne

   S1:E210/11/2006

   A teaspoon crisis in the Spleen household leads Rick to petty theft. Meanwhile, Rick's sleep is disturbed by the paperboy, Wayne, who is very punctual, very noisy and has a brain the size of a walnut.

   Director:Alex Hardcastle

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Alex Hardcastle

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3. 

   7.2/10(42 votes)

   #3 - £5000

   S1:E310/18/2006

   Rick gets in a punch-up at an awards ceremony and ends up with a black eye. Marty is preparing to pitch a programme to the BBC and Michael is delighted that Rick has accidentally sponsored him a small fortune for his Skipathon.

   Director:Alex Hardcastle

   Writer:Unknown

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4. 

   6.9/10(38 votes)

   #4 - Allergic

   S1:E410/25/2006

   Rick discovers he may have inadvertently killed one of Britain's best-loved entertainers, but he's preoccupied by a missing shoe-organiser. Meanwhile Rick prepares for upcoming appearance on topical news panel show Bullet in the News.

   Director:Alex Hardcastle

   Writer:Unknown

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5. 

   6.8/10(39 votes)

   #5 - Pistachio

   S1:E511/1/2006

   Rick buys himself a scooter but worries that it makes him look gay. Hosting the Air Conditioning and Climate Control Awards goes disastrously, and a trip to the local dry cleaner ends in a heated argument.

   Director:Alex Hardcastle

   Writer:Unknown

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6. 

   7.0/10(35 votes)

   #6 - Fatty

   S1:E611/8/2006

   Rick is publicly humiliated on TV by daytime chat-show host Adam Green. He also has an unfortunate encounter with an acquaintance at the gym, and Ben manages to destroy Rick's brand new DVD player by taking the back off.

   Director:Alex Hardcastle

   Writer:Unknown

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