One hot June day, three friends decide there is nothing they would like to do more than to get away from London. A boating holiday with lots of fresh air and exercise would be just the very thing, or so their doctors tell them. So, after debating the merits of hotel or camp beds and what to pack, they set off on their voyage - a trip up the Thames from Henley to Oxford - but very quickly find themselves ill-equipped for the trials of riverbank life.
Michael Palin
as Harris
Tim Curry
as Jerome K Jerome
Stephen Moore
as George
Bill Stewart
as 1st Porter
Michael Elphick
as 2nd Porter
George Innes
as Train Driver
Russell Dixon
as Harris' Cousin
Mary MacLeod
as Pathetic Woman
Alan Collins
as Desolate Man
Clifford Kershaw
as Irate Man
Eileen Helsby
as Woman with baby
Tony Rohr
as Blackmailer
