Magnificent Six and ½, The (Children’s Film Foundation) – Bob a Job

Date: 1968
Director: Harry Booth
Production Company: Century Film Productions, Children's Film Foundation (CFF)

Stars: Len Jones, Ian Ellis, Brinsley Forde, Suzanne Togni, Lionel Hawkes, Kim Tallmadge, Michael Audreson
Location(s): Hertfordshire

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Storyline:

The six and a half encounter more misadventures during bob-a-job week.

Additional Information:

This listing features an episode from the first series of ‘The Magnificent Six and 1/2’ which were British short films made for the Children’s Film Foundation.

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Liz (Suzanne Togni), Peewee (Kim Tallmadge), Whizz (Michael Audreson), Toby (Brinsley Forde), Dumbo (Ian Ellis), Stodger (Lionel Hawkes) and Steve (Len Jones) walk along a suburban street. Looking northward on Cowley Hill off Green Street, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire.

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The six and a half head for a likely looking house as they help Whizz during bob-a-job week.

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The Homeowner (Peter Madden) agrees to let the children do a number of garden and household jobs for 'a bob'.

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Having paid just one shilling to be shared between the gang, the stingy Homeowner drops a statue when a car horn is inadvertently sounded while Steve and Stodger do a good deed for a neighbour.

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The Homeowner sets up his deckchair before an argument breaks out between him and a neighbour when water is showered on him from a garden hose.

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A Policeman (Norman Mitchell) becomes involved and the Homeowner is chased away after accidentally hitting the officer with a piece of the broken statue. Facing southward on Cowley Hill, Green Street, Borehamwood in Hertfordshire.