All Gas And Gaiters

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All Gas and Gaiters

Comedy: Sitcoms

Clerical comedy adapted from TV. Stars Derek Nimmo and William Mervyn.

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All Gas and Gaiters: Series 2: The Bishop Has a Rest

Series 2

The Bishop Has a Rest

BBC Radio 4 Extra - All Gas and Gaiters, Series 2, The Bishop Has a Rest

A peaceful Saturday afternoon at St Oggs is rudely interrupted.

A peaceful Saturday afternoon at St Oggs is rudely interrupted. Stars William Mervyn and Jonathan Cecil. From December 1972.

The Bishop’s dream of a  peaceful Saturday afternoon at St Oggs is rudely interrupted.

Ecclesiastical sitcom which started life on BBC TV.

Written and adapted by husband-and-wife team, Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps.

The Archdeacon …. Robertson Hare
The Bishop …. William Mervyn
The Bishop's Chaplain …. Jonathan Cecil
The Dean …. John Barron
Mrs Pugh-Critchley …. Joan Sanderson

All Gas and Gaiters started life as a TV pilot in Comedy Playhouse, ahead of a run on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971.

Selected scripts were revised and re-recorded for radio.

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1972.

All Gas and Gaiters: Series 2

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Clerical comedy adapted from TV. Stars William Mervyn and Robertson Hare

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