Rent 4 Idle Hands (1976)
3.7 of 5 from 45 ratings
2h 30min
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- Synopsis:
This light-hearted series, aimed at teenage viewers, charts the unsteady progress of Mike (Phil Daniels) and Pete (Ray Burdis), two 16-year-old school-leavers who are suddenly forced to ponder the bewildering but urgent question: what are they going to do for a living? As Mike and Pete's efforts to avoid the dole queue land them a succession of disastrous jobs, '4 Idle Hands' humorously details the unremitting difficulties of adolescence. Life's never been easy for school-leavers, and Mike Dudds and Pete Sutton are no different to millions of others. Neither has a vocation to follow, or any demonstrable skills. Their sense of responsibility is slowly maturing, but they still can't resist practical jokes - like wrapping a master's car in'toilet rolls. They are the despair of the careers officer, and find themselves drifting from job to job - Mike reluctant to use his keen intellect, and Pete with his head filled with romantic but highly unlikely ambitions. - Actors:
- Phil Daniels, Ray Burdis, George Innes, Royston Tickner, John Labanowski, Zulema Dene, Tommy Godfrey, Howard Goorney, Manda Morton, Willoughby Goddard, Herbert Ramskill, Peggy Aitchison, Brian Coburn, Sally Tinker, Tommy Pender, Norman Pitt, Sandra Hale, Nula Conwell, John Graham, Sue Holderness
- Directors:
- Jonathan Wright-Miller
- Producers:
- David Foster
- Writers:
- John Kane
- Aka:
- Four Idle Hands: Series
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Dramas, TV Teen Dramas
