Towers of Babel

3/5/2025

This starts off rather curiously but by the conclusion we have a little more clue as to why a man in his pyjamas, two police officers and a man in a raincoat are heading for a steam bath whilst their clothes disappear into an  industrial fumigation machine! It all starts when a resident of a tower block “Rose” (Shiela Steafel) notices that she hasn’t heard from their neighbour for a few days and tells husband “Arthur” (Bryan Pringle) that she’s going to call the police. Instead, he goes to visit fellow resident “Alfie” (Ken Campbell) who used to be a burglar and who might be able to get in to the flat of the absent “Mrs. Hopkins”. Another resident calls the cops so it’s now a bit of a race to get in and, hopefully, find out what’s happened to the old soul. Nobody is quite prepared for what