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Storm in a Tea Chest

Storm in a Tea Chest

1973TV Episode⏱️ 29m
Comedy
8.3
IMDB Rating
70 votes

Bob plans to move some of his old belongings into his new house but Thelma, regarding them as junk, gives them to the vicar for the church jumble sale. Unaware of this Bob reports them stolen. Later he buys them back from the vica...

Director
James Gilbert
Writers
Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Stars
James Bolam, Rodney Bewes, Brigit Forsyth
Release Date
March 6, 1973
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
💬 2
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

James Bolam
James Bolam
as Terry Collier
Rodney Bewes
Rodney Bewes
as Bob Ferris
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Brigit Forsyth
as Thelma
Robert Gillespie
Robert Gillespie
as Police Sergeant
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Donald Gee
as Vicar
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Michael Stainton
as Policeman
John Owens
John Owens
as Policeman

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK
Production
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

🏷️ Keywords

churchnorth of england

🎯 Categories

Comedy

⭐ Featured Review

Love and Peace.
by Sleepin_Dragon2023-07-05
7/10

"Bob and Thelma are set to move into their new home, he's been to being his childhood possessions, but Thelma insists he gets rid of them, Terry helps move the items out. I enjoyed it, even though it wasn't perhaps a favourite, or the funniest episode so far, the twist at the end really did come as a food surprise. Seeing Bob's memories and possessions meet their inevitable fate was funny. A couple of good one liners, Bolam and Bewes are on good form. It's funny to think how people think of possessions from the past, nowadays that stuff would probably all have ended up on..."

💡 Did You Know?

At 00:07:52 Bob takes out the photo-album used in the intro to each episode, and which is given to Terry in the final episode, from one of the tea-chests saying that he has a picture in it of just about everyone they knew.

📖 Synopsis

Bob plans to move some of his old belongings into his new house but Thelma, regarding them as junk, gives them to the vicar for the church jumble sale. Unaware of this Bob reports them stolen. Later he buys them back from the vica...