The most boring man in Britain becomes a rainfall-obsessed criminal mastermind. Peak Python chaos.
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.
Acting
Michael Palin's commitment to utter blandness is transcendent.
Writing
Every line builds the joke until you can't breathe.
Direction
Jim Franklin knows exactly when to hold the absurdity.
Director
Jim Franklin
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