
Series 1, Episode 3 - Art
Further details
Charles has been holding the fort at Margaret's charity shop when he sells an old urine bottle to Harriet Cusp down from London. Unfortunately, it not only has great sentimental value for Margaret but also seems to be an apprentice piece by Marcel Duchamp for his famous urinal...
Margaret is distraught but Henry vows to get it back. The trouble is the urine bottle is already in the hands of Harriet's boss, Seb Koote who owns the Great White gallery in Hackney. Using a work of art made by painting a rat's bollocks red and bouncing them up and down on a canvas, Henry gets into the gallery only to discover Koote's put the urine bottle in an upcoming sale of Lavatorial art at Sebastian Cholmondley's auction house. Sebastian looks remarkably like a posh version of Seb... and he's refusing to give the urine bottle back.
Apparently defeated, our gang return to Brighton until Margaret comes up with a plan to get the beloved urine bottle back...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 3rd August 2016
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Gold
- Length
- 40 minutes
Cast & crew
Regular cast | |
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Simon Callow | Henry Palmer |
Bill Paterson | Charles |
Anita Dobson | Margaret |
Amit Shah | Jeremy |
Anna Crilly | Cath |
Guest cast | |
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Paul Kaye | Sebastian/Seb/Bastian |
Jan Carey | Retirement Home Art Secretary |
Sarah Winter | Harriet Cusp |
Katrina Nare | Poppy |
Robert Portal | Auctioneer |
Writing team | |
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Andrew Birch | Writer |
Production team | |
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Vadim Jean | Director |
Vadim Jean | Producer |
Simon Lupton | Executive Producer |
Jon Rolph | Executive Producer |
Tanya Qureshi | Executive Producer |
Videos
Cremation Over Creation
Cath and Henry meet Margaret at an art exhibition.
Featuring: Simon Callow (Henry Palmer), Anita Dobson (Margaret), Anna Crilly (Cath), Jan Carey (Retirement Home Art Secretary).
Marcel Duchamp's Piss Pot
Henry meets an art dealer.
Featuring: Simon Callow (Henry Palmer), Paul Kaye (Sebastian/Seb/Bastian), Katrina Nare (Poppy).

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