Fenn Street School mismanages the proceeds of
a charity walk. Another episode from the dog-end of the series, with unfamiliar
new characters and pupils.
I suppose that one thing that can be said for
substitute writers Geoff Rowley and Andy Baker is that structurally their
episodes do feel a bit different from how the series used to be. For a sitcom
with a large cast, everybody gets something to do as they get integrated into a
large caper plot (a theft, this week) - the highly strung new schoolmistress
faints, Potter argues with some Irish navvies and puts a ladder through a
window, etc. None of it is particularly well realised, but the amount of
activity is impressive. It felt like a very busy 25 minutes!
The only
thing that actually made me laugh, though, was the Headmaster crowing about
having found a bargain cheap safe for the school, because the lock doesn't work.
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