The Plank

7.4
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 28 min
  • Premiere: 1979. December 17.

Classic short British comedy, full of stars, about two workmen delivering planks to a building site. This is done with music and a sort of "wordless dialogue" which consists of a few mumbled sounds to convey the appropriate emotion. TV remake of the 1967 short.

Discover

Eric Sykes

Taller Workman

Arthur Lowe

Shorter Workman

Lionel Blair

Paint-covered House Owner

Henry Cooper

Beer drinker

Harry H. Corbett

Amourous Van Driver

Bernard Cribbins

House painter

Robert Dorning

Fork-Lift Truck Driver

Diana Dors

Woman with Rose

Charlie Drake

Delivery man with cake

Jimmy Edwards

Policeman

Charles Hawtrey

Co-Driver

Frankie Howerd

Photographer

James Hunt

One-Eyed Truck Driver

Liza Goddard

Young Lady Helped Across the Road

Kenny Lynch

Dustman

Brian Murphy

Van Driver at Timber Yard

Kate O'Mara

Concerned Passerby

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Old Gent Wanting to Cross the Road

Frank Windsor

Motorist

Reg Varney

Window Cleaner

Directing

Eric Sykes

Director

Writing

Eric Sykes

Writer

Directing

Eric Sykes

Director

Writing

Eric Sykes

Writer