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cast
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Arnold Basket |
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Sidney
James |
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Prince Rupert |
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Vera Basket |
Barbara
Windsor |
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Count Yerackers |
Peter
Butterworth |
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Madame Olga |
Joan
Sims |
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Nickoff |
Kenneth
Connor |
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Colonel Yackoff |
Jack
Douglas |
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Duke Boris |
David
Lodge |
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Tzana |
Diane
Langton |
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Major |
Rupert
Evans |
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Waiter |
Ronnie
Brody |
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Screenplay |
Dave
Freeman |
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Producer |
Gerald
Thomas |
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Director |
Alan
Tarrant |
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broadcast
Saturday January 4th 1975 at 6.20pm on ITV
plot
Crown Prince Rupert has been imprisoned in the castle dungeons by his evil
cousin, Duke Boris, to prevent him from ascending to the throne. The
cunning rotter has also imprisoned all of his look-alikes in the same
place as well. This gives a headache to Count Yerackers and his aide
Yackoff. Unless the Prince is returned before the coronation, Duke Boris
will ascend to the throne and become King of Pluritania.
Whilst all this courtly intrigue is happening, Arnold Basket and his wife
Vera arrive from London on their honeymoon. By an amazing coincidence,
Arnold is the spitting image of the missing Prince, a resemblance not
unnoticed by the residents of Pluritania. What follows is a furious race
to get to Arnold first between Count Yerackers and Duke Boris.
review
The series gets off to an OK start with this one. However all the
regulars apart from Sid and Babs are given far to little to do. There's
some alright jokes, but like the rest of the TV series, looks shockingly
cheap.
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