The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 22, 1977

Original language

English

Production

BBC

Cast

Kenneth Colley,John Barrett,Norman Mitchell,Reg Lye,Marcelle Samett,Barbara New,Petra Markham,Anita Carey,Michael Palin,Roger Avonand 4 more

Director

Jim Franklin

Writer

Terry Jones,Michael Palin

Producer

Jim Franklin

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0686866