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Series 1: 2. The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
Michael Palin and Terry Jones's spoof comedy series tells the dark and tragic tale of the terminally boring Eric, whose mind-boggling tediousness forces his parents to leave home. Undaunted, Eric joins forces with a hardened criminal and proceeds to write his name into the history books.
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Series 1: 4. Murder At Moorstones Manor
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Series 1 - The Curse Of The Claw
More tales of comic terror. The story of a man who dabbled in the dark mysteries of the Orient and lived to tell the tale. Or did he?
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Series 2 - Roger Of The Raj
Pubescent Roger Bartlesham comes of age in turbulent colonial India, when he is driven towards the most deplorable act known to the British army.
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A knock-about tale of international intrigue in which dashing, debonair superspy Gerald Whinfrey uncovers a dastardly German plot.
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Classic comedy series. A torrid tale of 1930s football fanaticism. Gordon Ottershaw supports Barnstoneworth United, a team that hasn't won a match for six years.
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Series 1: 1. Tomkinson's Schooldays
Offbeat comedy which celebrates the role that pointless violence in public schools has played in our splendid nation.
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Michael Palin and Terry Jones's spoof comedy series tells the dark and tragic tale of the terminally boring Eric, whose mind-boggling tediousness forces his parents to leave hom ...
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Series 1: 4. Murder At Moorstones Manor
Hugo and Dora drive down to see Mumsie and Dadsie-pie for a long weekend in the country. But their tophole weekend turns out to be longer than they thought.
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