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The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm: Created by Norman Hunter. With Jack Woolgar, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Freda Dowie, Michael Darbyshire.
- Comedy
- 25
- 1969-07-10
- Jack Woolgar, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Freda Dowie
The first book featuring Professor Branestawm was The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm, first published in 1933 and illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. Heath Robinson was famous for his rickety contraptions, and the illustrations were a perfect foil to the outlandish plots of these short stories, each picture typically featuring the ...
Harry Hill stars in this comedy based on Norman Hunter's books. The Professor has a fight on his hands when a councillor tries to run him out of town for being a nuisance.
- Sandy Johnson
- 18
Branestawm is what might be termed the original absent minded professor, whose strange inventions tend to go disastrously wrong. His housekeeper Mrs Flittersnoop and his dim but loyal comrade Colonel Dedshott are usually on hand to come to his rescue.
The original mad professor, takes on scheming businessman Mr. Bullimore and officious local councillor Harold Haggerstone, to try and stop their plans to bulldoze his workshop to make way for a giant munitions factory, right in the middle of town.
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Armed with a multitude of crazy inventions, and alongside his eccentric allies Colonel Dedshott, (Simon Day) Mrs. Flittersnoop (Vicki Pepperdine) and young apprentice Connie, Branestawm, the original mad professor, takes on scheming businessman Mr. Bullimore (Ben Miller) and officious local councillor Harold Haggerstone, (David Mitchell) to try ...
