The Testing of Eric Olthwaite (1977)

ALL 09/22/1977 (en) Comedy 30 Min
  • Release
    09/22/1977
  • Production
    BBC
  • Rotten tomato
    70%
  • Original title
    The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Eric Olthwaite is so boring that his family all leave home to escape him. Then one day he is accidentally caught up in a bank robbery and discovers that the robber shares his interests in shovels, black pudding and rainfall so they team up to make daring raids to steal rainfall records. As a result Eric becomes famous and is considered interesting again, so much so that he is made the mayor of Denley Moor.

  1. Jim Franklin

    Director

  2. Story

  3. John Jarvis

    Editor

  4. Jim Franklin

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Michael Palin

    Eric Olthwaite / Bank Manager

  2. Barbara New

    Mrs. Olthwaite

  3. John Barrett

    Mr. Olthwaite

  4. Anita Carey

    Irene Olthwaite

  5. Liz Smith

    Mrs. Bag

  6. Reg Lye

    Mr. Bag

  7. Petra Markham

    Enid Bag

  8. Kenneth Colley

    Robber

  9. Roger Avon

    Chauffeur

  10. Clifford Kershaw

    Mayor

  11. Norman Mitchell

    1st Pressman

  12. Anthony Smee

    2nd Pressman

  13. Marcelle Samett

    Boy's Mother

  14. Peter Graham

    Boy

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 14 , Crews : 7

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The Testing of Eric Olthwaite (1977) 30 Min

ALL 09/22/1977 (en)
Comedy
  • Release 09/22/1977
  • Production
    BBC
  • Original title The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Eric Olthwaite is so boring that his family all leave home to escape him. Then one day he is accidentally caught up in a bank robbery and discovers that the robber shares his interests in shovels, black pudding and rainfall so they team up to make daring raids to steal rainfall records. As a result Eric becomes famous and is considered interesting again, so much so that he is made the mayor of Denley Moor.

  1. Jim Franklin

    Director

  2. Story

  3. John Jarvis

    Editor

  4. Jim Franklin

    Producer