The Bishop of Lambeth

The Bishop of Lambeth is a conceited hypocrite who owns brothels in Covent Garden.

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Played by	Roger Ashton-Griffiths

He badly needs an appendectomy. But he’s terrified of surgery and forbids the use of drugs: he believes pain is a gift from God, and anaesthesia is ‘the devil’s decoy’.

Robert is left with a dilemma when he learns that the Bishop pays the wages of all the nurses at his hospital. The Bishop must have the Operation he refuses to have.