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The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

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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.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 1977-09-22

Runtime: 30 mins

Director: Jim Franklin

Writer: Michael Palin, Terry Jones

Spoken language: English

Genres: Comedy

Original title: The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

Production Companies: BBC

Production Countries: United Kingdom

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