All Gas And Gaiters. Image shows from L to R: Henry - The Archdeacon (Robertson Hare), The Rt. Rev. Dr. Cuthbert Hever - The Bishop (William Mervyn), The Rev. Mervyn Noote - The Chaplain (Derek Nimmo). Copyright: BBC
All Gas And Gaiters
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1966 - 1971
- 33 episodes (5 series)
The fictional St. Ogg's Cathedral is the setting for a good natured look at life among the clergy. Stars Robertson Hare, William Mervyn, Derek Nimmo, John Barron, Ernest Clark and Joan Sanderson
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - The Bishop Gets The Sack
The competition becomes intense when a BBC-TV producer decides to make a programme about St. Ogg's and thinks it would be a splendid idea to have a warm, lovable personality to present it and decides to recruit from within. With such talent at hand will St. Ogg's be doomed to sleep on in obscurity?!
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 31st January 1967
- Time
- 7:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Robertson Hare | Henry - The Archdeacon |
| William Mervyn | The Rt. Rev. Dr. Cuthbert Hever - The Bishop |
| Derek Nimmo | The Rev. Mervyn Noote - The Chaplain |
| John Barron | Lionel Pugh Critchley - The Dean |
| John Le Mesurier | Timothy Post (TV Producer) |
| Pamela Manson | Maggie (TV Producer's Assistant) |
| Pauline Devaney | Writer |
| Edwin Apps | Writer |
| Stuart Allen | Director |
| Stuart Allen | Producer |
| Colin Shaw | Production Designer |
| Stanley Myers | Composer |