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.
Genre: Comedy
Stars: Michael Palin, Barbara New, John Barrett, Anita Carey, Liz Smith, Reg Lye
Crew: Michael Palin (Writer), Jim Franklin (Director), Terry Jones (Writer), Jim Franklin (Producer), John Jarvis (Editor), John Stout (Production Designer)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Studio: BBC
Runtime: 30 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 22, 1977
IMDb: 4
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