'Parson' Cyril Boggis has a method of getting antiques on the cheap. - Maybe too cheap.'Parson' Cyril Boggis has a method of getting antiques on the cheap. - Maybe too cheap.'Parson' Cyril Boggis has a method of getting antiques on the cheap. - Maybe too cheap.
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- TriviaJohn Gielgud had previously appeared in S1 E6, Neck (1979).
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Roald Dahl: This story is about a knocker and a commode. You'll find out what a knocker is as the story goes along. But a commode, in the meantime, is an old English word for a chest of drawers. Now an absolutely top quality Chippendale commode is an immense rarity. Only three of these beauties have turned up at auction in a century. And all of them came out of big, English country houses. They fetched astronomical prices. And ever since then, it has been the ambition of every dealer and collector to find yet another of these great Chippendale commodes. Now watch the story.
- Crazy creditsVoiceover disclaimer over end-credits: "We have been requested by the London and Provincial Antique Dealers Association to make it clear to viewers that the use of their symbol, shown in the window of the fictional antique dealer in this programme, was in no way intended to imply that the Association condones certain dishonest practices of the antique dealer which were portrayed in this fictional story".
- ConnectionsVersion of Thirty-Minute Theatre: Parson's Pleasure (1965)
With his plummy accent and bearing he's never going to cause suspicion, and we see him charm his way through country houses until one day he meets a farmer, Mr Rummins (Bernard Miles), who has something a bit unexpected hiding under his ferret cage.
This episode is great fun and beautifully acted by the two theatrical knights, and has a satisfying twist even if you can see it coming quite a few minutes before. One of the better Tales in the series and well worth a look.
- didi-5
- May 11, 2009