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Tubes Help You Breed Less Easily

  • Episode aired Dec 2, 1982
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Hywel Bennett, Allan Cuthbertson, Gordon Gostelow, Alan Polonsky, and Sandy Ratcliff in Tubes Help You Breed Less Easily (1982)
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Shelley's tube train gets stuck in a tunnel, and doesn't appear to be moving anytime soon. With terminal boredom ensuing, he decides the best course of action is to break the ice with his fe... Read allShelley's tube train gets stuck in a tunnel, and doesn't appear to be moving anytime soon. With terminal boredom ensuing, he decides the best course of action is to break the ice with his fellow-travellers and give them the benefit of his ready wit and repartee!Shelley's tube train gets stuck in a tunnel, and doesn't appear to be moving anytime soon. With terminal boredom ensuing, he decides the best course of action is to break the ice with his fellow-travellers and give them the benefit of his ready wit and repartee!

  • Director
    • Anthony Parker
  • Writer
    • Andy Hamilton
  • Stars
    • Hywel Bennett
    • Allan Cuthbertson
    • Sandy Ratcliff
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
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    • Director
      • Anthony Parker
    • Writer
      • Andy Hamilton
    • Stars
      • Hywel Bennett
      • Allan Cuthbertson
      • Sandy Ratcliff
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    Hywel Bennett
    Hywel Bennett
    • James Shelley
    Allan Cuthbertson
    Allan Cuthbertson
    • Crutchley
    Sandy Ratcliff
    Sandy Ratcliff
    • Sandra
    Gordon Gostelow
    • Dobbs
    Alan Polonsky
    • Dave
    Ian Lowe
    • City Gent
    Eiji Kusuhara
    Eiji Kusuhara
    • Japanese Businessman
    Sabu Kimura
    Sabu Kimura
    • Japanese Businessman
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      • Andy Hamilton
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    6Prismark10

    Tubes Help You Breed Less Easily

    A bottle episode or should I say a tube episode.

    Shelley is on his way to a job interview and the tube train is stuck in a tunnel for no apparent reason.

    There is a heavily pregnant woman and an irate banker who is running late for a meeting and he feels his younger rival will undermine him.

    Shelley is ready with his witticisms, one of the passengers is ready with some doomed laden tales of people he once knew.

    This is a very engaging episode. There is a good social mix including a young unemployed man and a couple of Japanese men.

    Allan Cuthbertson played the banker. He is familiar face that popped up in a lot of British movies and television shows, usually playing a upper class businessman types or a British army officer. It was a surprise to find out that he was actually Australian.

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