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The Bishop Rides Again

All Gas and GaitersSeries 1
Episode 1 of 13

The Bishop works to secure a bequest. Clerical comedy adapted from BBC TV. Stars Derek Nimmo and William Mervyn. From 1971.

The Bishop works to try and secure a bequest.

Ecclesiastical sitcom which started life on BBC TV.

Meet the easy-going Bishop, the elderly Archdeacon with an eye for the ladies and who enjoys a tipple, and the naive and accident-prone Bishop's Chaplain.

Their wish to live a quiet bachelor life is under continuous threat from the overbearing Dean.

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

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

With:

Rosalind Adams
Ingrid Bower
Anne Davies
Frank Abbott

'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: David Hatch

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1971.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 22 Jun 202504:30
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