All Quiet on the Preston Front Diesel's Ostrich (Season 3, Episode 6)
TV Episode | Comedy

All Quiet on the Preston Front

Diesel's Ostrich (Season 3, Episode 6)

TV Episode | Comedy

Eric is furious that Dawn has gone on holiday with Hodge. Diesel, Mel and Lloydy kidnap an ostrich and go on the run at Hodge's. A livid Eric arrives just has the ostrich escapes, trapping everyone. Jeanetta agrees to marry Declan.

Writer

Tim Firth

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 1, 1997

Release date

Sep 1, 1997 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

3 wins & 1 nomination

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Tony Marshall Diesel Diesel See fewer	Life on Mars (2006)
Angela Lonsdale Mel Mel See fewer	Finney (1994)
Adrian Hood Lloydy Lloydy See fewer	Up 'n' Under (1998)
Colin Buchanan Hodge Hodge See fewer	Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
Caroline Catz Dawn Dawn See fewer	Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and Legendary Tapes (2020)
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Melanie Kilburn Estate Agent Pippa Daynes Estate Agent Pippa Daynes See fewer	God's Own Country (2017)
Carolyn Pickles Jeanetta Jeanetta See fewer	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Ozzie Yue Mr. Wang Mr. Wang See fewer	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Paul Haigh Eric Eric See fewer	Fierce Creatures (1997)
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Kate Gartside Ally Ally See fewer	The Challenger Disaster (2013)
Rico Pulisciano Young Eric Young Eric See fewer	All Quiet on the Preston Front (1994)
Jack Allen Young Hodge Young Hodge See fewer	Coronation Street (1960)
Rebecca Miller Lorraine Lorraine See fewer	All Quiet on the Preston Front (1994)
Oliver Cotton Declan Declan See fewer	Shanghai Knights (2003)
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