Something about Lord Rustless struck me as strangely familiar on this viewing. His condescending treatment of underlings? His verbal hum-hawing equivocation? His unkempt white hair? Oh God, now that I've formed this association of him with our recent Foreign Secretary its never going to go away...
A curious writing team on this; Alan Ayckborn, Ronnie Barker, Graeme Garden & Bill Oddie, and Eric Idle. Working out who was responsible for each bit helps to pass the time. The linking sequences at Chrome Hall are known to be Ayckbourn, and some of the theatrical games with adopted identity share the hallmarks of some of the early plays. I'm guessing that the long silent filmed routine about Barker attempting to crack open an unbreakable egg is Garden & Oddie. It has a proto-Goodies feel, and is also the most enjoyable section to my mind.
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