Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series)

Parson's Pleasure (1980)

Roald Dahl: Self - Introduced by

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  Roald Dahl : This story is about a knocker and a commode. You'll find out what a knocker is as the story goes along. But a commode, in the meantime, is an old English word for a chest of drawers. Now an absolutely top quality Chippendale commode is an immense rarity. Only three of these beauties have turned up at auction in a century. And all of them came out of big, English country houses. They fetched astronomical prices. And ever since then, it has been the ambition of every dealer and collector to find yet another of these great Chippendale commodes. Now watch the story.