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The Bishop Gets A Letter

All Gas and GaitersSeries 1
Episode 8 of 13

The Bishop is stung into taking action over poverty in a parish. Stars Derek Nimmo and Robertson Hare. From February 1971.

The Bishop is stung into taking action over poverty in a parish.

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 Perpetual Curate of Stagmarsh …. James Hayter
Butler …. John Gabriel
The Farmer …. Peter Tuddenham

'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 February 1971.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 10 Aug 202504:30
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