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The Bishop Writes a Sermon

All Gas and GaitersSeries 1
Episode 2 of 13

The Bishop has writer’s block. Clerical comedy adapted from TV. Stars Derek Nimmo and William Mervyn. From 1971.

The Bishop battles to write a sermon.

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 …. Derek Nimmo
The Dean …. John Barron
The Postman …. 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 1967.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 29 Jun 202504:30
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