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

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All Gas and Gaiters: Series 1: The Bishop Meets a Bird

The Bishop Meets a Bird

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An unwelcome visitor arrives. Clerical comedy adapted from TV.

An unwelcome visitor arrives. Clerical comedy adapted from TV, with Derek Nimmo and William Mervyn. From January 1971.

An unwelcome visitor threatens the quiet life at St. Ogg's Cathedral. 

The ecclesiastical sitcom 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.

CAST:

The Archdeacon …. Robertson Hare
The Bishop …. William Mervyn
The Reverend Mervyn Noote …. Derek Nimmo 
The Dean …. John Barron
Stanley Bird …. Peter Jones 

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

Producer: David Hatch.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1971.

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