

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.
Year 1977
Studio BBC
Director Jim Franklin
Crew Michael Palin (Writer), Jim Franklin (Director), Terry Jones (Writer), Jim Franklin (Producer), John Jarvis (Editor), John Stout (Production Designer)
Popularity 0
Language English