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  • The Optimist The Fool of the House of Esher (Season 2, Episode 5)
  • TV Episode | Comedy

The Optimist

The Fool of the House of Esher (Season 2, Episode 5)
TV Episode | Comedy

An unexpected inheritance leaves the Optimist with a crumbling and sinister country estate, which includes an equally crumbling and sinister butler named Old Norman (Eric Francis). While the Optimist spends his time trying to learn the ...See moreAn unexpected inheritance leaves the Optimist with a crumbling and sinister country estate, which includes an equally crumbling and sinister butler named Old Norman (Eric Francis). While the Optimist spends his time trying to learn the ways of the landed gentry, he also needs to avoid the murderous attempts of cousin Rachel (Rosalind Lloyd), who is seriously unhappy she didn't benefit from the will - and is determined to put it right by filling the river with piranhas as the Optimist fishes, a tarantula in his four-poster and poisoning his breakfast boiled egg. Written by AS See less
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Jan 4, 1985 (United Kingdom)

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Enn Reitel
The Optimist The Optimist   See fewer
Kenneth Waller
Webster (as Ken Waller) Webster (as Ken Waller)   See fewer
Eric Francis
Old Norman Old Norman   See fewer
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