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Playing the part of Fred Scuttle from the Benny Hill Show, you have kindly volunteered to help one of your neighbours, Mrs Harras, by collecting her washing for her whilst she has gone shopping. This you do by moving along the street until you reach the washing line, taking an item of clothing and returning it to the laundry basket.

Naturally, there are one or two obstacles to hinder you. There are lamp-posts, fences, telephone boxes, etc that you must avoid running into. The street is divided into three lanes and you can dodge about accordingly although it is sometimes difficult to work out which lane an obstacle is in, especially if it is just off the end of a screen. Nor can you memorise the positions as the council move everything around. Colliding with anything just causes a loss of time.

Your main problem occurs when you get hold of your first piece of clothing for now the neighbours start to chase you, believing you to be a thief. If they catch you, they jump up and down on you costing you time and the garment is returned to the clothes line. It is possible to temporarily daze the neighbout if you can persuade her to run into an obstruction.

If you successfully return an item from the clothes line to the basket, you score 20 points but points are deducted if you bump into something or are caught.

If all six garments are successfully returned, you score a time-related bonus and progress on to the next level where you are trying to collect apples. An additional hazard is the presence of some fast-moving tracctors. The third level involves collecting jumble.

Although the graphics are very large and colourful, animation is poor and our hero moves along like a goosestepping kangaroo. These is no sound apart from the occasional beep - the Benny Hill themes would have been a considerable help.

Although the game is just about playable, there is little sophistication and no lasting appeal. Your hard-earned pennies could be much better spent elsewhere.