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Charity Begins at Home

  • Episode aired Apr 6, 1971
  • 25m
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6.2/10
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Sidney James and Robin Stewart in Charity Begins at Home (1971)
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Mike and his friends decide to spend the weekend living on bread and water, and give what they would have spent on food to charity. He encourages his parents to join him. They do; but Sid fi... Read allMike and his friends decide to spend the weekend living on bread and water, and give what they would have spent on food to charity. He encourages his parents to join him. They do; but Sid finds it a lot harder than he expected it to be.Mike and his friends decide to spend the weekend living on bread and water, and give what they would have spent on food to charity. He encourages his parents to join him. They do; but Sid finds it a lot harder than he expected it to be.

  • Director
    • William G. Stewart
  • Writers
    • David Cumming
    • Derek Collyer
  • Stars
    • Sidney James
    • Diana Coupland
    • Robin Stewart
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    31
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    • Director
      • William G. Stewart
    • Writers
      • David Cumming
      • Derek Collyer
    • Stars
      • Sidney James
      • Diana Coupland
      • Robin Stewart
    • 1User review
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    Sidney James
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    • Sid Abbott
    Diana Coupland
    • Jean Abbott
    Robin Stewart
    Robin Stewart
    • Mike Abbott
    Sally Geeson
    • Sally Abbott
    Anthony Jackson
    • Trevor Lewis
    • Director
      • William G. Stewart
    • Writers
      • David Cumming
      • Derek Collyer
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    6/10

    Sid struggles to live on basic rations.

    Mike and his friends have decided to love on bread and water, donating the money they would have spent on food to Oxfam, he encourages his parents to do the same, they agree, but Sid finds it hard, and does his best so sneak a snack when he can.

    This was a fairly fun episode, with some amusing scenes, including that funny moment where Sid tries to shove a wedge of chocolate cake down, and of course that terrific moment where he cheats time.

    Fair to say it's not the funniest episode so far, but it does benefit from the presence of Sid James, who is terrific here.

    There was no such thing as intermittent fasting back in 1971, just note how slim the cast are.

    There's no worse feeling than being hungry, and as I watch this episode, I'm doing a 48 hour fast, that chocolate cake made my stomach rumble, it looked so good.

    6/10.
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    • Feb 15, 2025
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    • Release date
      • April 6, 1971 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Teddington Studios, Broom Rd, Teddington, UK(Studio)
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      25 minutes
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      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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