(The Testing of Eric Olthwaite)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Comedy

Runtime:

30 minutes

Year:

1977

Directors:

Jim Franklin

Production companies:

BBC

Actors:

Eric Olthwaite / Bank Manager

Mrs. Olthwaite

Mr. Olthwaite

Irene Olthwaite

Mrs. Bag

Crews:

Writer

Director

Writer

Producer

Editor