
A study of absurdity in a suburban family: father recreates the Old Bailey in the living room while the son teaches speak-your-weight machines to sing in the attic.
Cast

Eric Sykes
Mr. Groomkirby

Julia Foster
Sylvia

Peggy Mount
Mrs. Gantry

Mona Washbourne
Aunt Mildred

George Cole
Defence Counsel

Jonathan Miller
Kirby

Alison Leggatt
Mrs. Groomkirby

Douglas Wilmer
Judge

Glyn Houston
Detective Inspector Barnes

Graham Crowden
Prosecuting Counsel

Kenneth Farrington
Stan
Walter Horsbrugh
Clerk of the Court

Frederick Piper
Usher
Vincent Harding
Policeman / Bus Conductor
Tommy Bruce
Gormless (voice)

Trevor Bannister
Groomkirby's Co-Worker
Crew

Peter Yates
Director
N.F. Simpson
Writer
Peter Taylor
Editor
Denys N. Coop
Director of Photography
Claude Watson
Assistant Director
Oscar Lewenstein
Executive Producer
Michael Deeley
Producer
Michael Holden
Associate Producer
Leigh Aman
Associate Producer
Reece Pemberton
Production Design
Austin Dempster
Camera Operator
Barbara Gillett
Wardrobe Master
Betty Sherriff
Hairdresser
Tom Smith
Makeup Artist
Stephen Dalby
Sound Director
Graham Harris
Sound Editor
Robin Gregory
Sound Recordist
Richard Rodney Bennett
Original Music Composer
Jane Buck
Continuity
Wally Fairweather
Focus Puller
Marcus Dods
Conductor














