The Bishop has a Flutter

Despite the Dean’s warning about gambling, the Bishop loses more than he bargained for.

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
Lord Ringmould …. Ballard Berkeley
Commentator …. Malcolm Hayes
Jack Cobb …. John Samson
Doctor …. Manning Wilson

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 August 1972.