A humorous animation accompanied by a rhyme about Charles and his wife suffering from the consequences of frozen and burst pipes in their home; this serves as a warning about protecting water pipes and tanks in houses. Titles: Presburys Film Productions A Winter's Tale Westrex Recording System British Board of Film Censors Certificate All animation with rhyming voiceover. The silhouette of a man (Albert Hicks) is shown in a house window on the phone - the house number is 46....

A humorous animation accompanied by a rhyme about Charles and his wife suffering from the consequences of frozen and burst pipes in their home; this serves as a warning about protecting water pipes and tanks in houses. Titles: Presburys Film Productions A Winter's Tale Westrex Recording System British Board of Film Censors Certificate All animation with rhyming voiceover. The silhouette of a man (Albert Hicks) is shown in a house window on the phone - the house number is 46. Albert is in his pyjamas trying to deal with burst frozen pipes by putting his hands over the burst areas as his wife watches in her nightgown; she is shivering. Cracks are shown in the ceiling above them. Albert dashes through the room (which is flooded) with a bucket to put under the cracked roof. The couple put their hands up to the ceiling to try and stop it collapsing. A plumber is shown standing in the foggy street outside at night time. The couple are shown still trying to deal with the water from the pipes and ceiling, as the man is now submerged in the flood. The plumber looks at the couple’s house; the window in the front door shows a fish swimming about behind it. The couple are now both submerged in the water, looking angry. The plumber enters a door labelled ‘Thinks’, turns on a light and heads towards a pipe. A water tank is shown, alongside the couple who are now wet; the wife is wearing a towel. The water tank is shown with cladding on, and captioned ‘Protect your water pipes and tanks’. The couple are shown again looking wet and angry on the upstairs landing. The plumber is shown at the bottom of the stairs. Neighbours Charles and Emma invite Albert and his wife into their warm home, and the cold/wet couple are shown going from their house to the neighbour’s house. A cat peeps its head from around the sitting room door. The neighbours pour hot water from the kettle into a teapot. The cat rubs up against a radiator which appears to have no frosty pipes. The cat appears in the bath and turns on the hot tap, and pulls the plug out of the sink in the bathroom. Albert’s wife drinks a cup of tea and Albert looks at a piggybank. Charles and Emma sit in a chair looking happy in the warm house, whilst the outside of the house is shown looking cold and snowy. The two houses are shown with the caption overlaying - ‘Protect your water pipes and tanks’.