The Optimist
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 1983 - 1985
- 13 episodes (2 series)
Dialogue-free comedy series following one of life's error-prone eternal optimists. Stars Enn Reitel.
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Series 2, Episode 3 - The Light Fantastic
Working as a humble cobbler, The Optimist is thrown into an international world of crime and classical ballet when a diamond is stolen - the famous Light Fantastic. Olga is on the run from incompetent thugs when she hides the stone in her ballet shoe and draws The Optimist into a convoluted plot that leads to him on stage dancing the pas-de-deux in Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. By the end he finds alone himself alone in the theatre - unknowingly still in possession of the fabulous diamond
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 2nd January 1985
- Time
- 7:30pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 30 minutes