Clochemerle
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 1972
- 9 episodes (1 series)
Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's 9-part adaptation of the French comic novel about the erection of a public convenience in a small village, Clochemerle. Stars Cyril Cusack, Roy Dotrice, Wendy Hiller, Kenneth Griffith, Micheline Presle and more.
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Series 1, Episode 1 - The Magnificent Idea Of Barthelemy Piechut
Comedy concerning the brouhaha caused by the building of a public pissoir in a French village.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 18th February 1972
- Time
- 10:05pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Cyril Cusack | Barthelemy Piechut |
| Roy Dotrice | Curé Ponosse |
| Wendy Hiller | Justine Putet |
| Kenneth Griffith | Ernest Tafardel |
| Micheline Presle | The Baroness Courtebiche |
| Catherine Rouvel | Judith Toumignon |
| Freddie Earlle | Francois Toumignon |
| Cyd Hayman | Adele Torbayon |
| Barry Linehan | Arthur Torbayon |
| Bernard Bresslaw | Nicholas The Beadle |
| Christian Roberts | Hippolyte Foncimagne |
| Georgina Moon | Rose Bivaque |
| James Wardroper | Claudius Brodequin |
| Peter Madden | Doctor Mouralle |
| Ian Gray | Oscar De St. Choul |
| Richard Shaw | Eugene Fadet |
| Carolyn Moody | Madame Fadet |
| Larry Noble | Ploquin |
| John Barrett | Poipanel |
| Roland MacLeod | Machevoigne |
| Michael Golden | Lagouche |
| John Turtle | Laroudel |
| Ruth Harrison | Madame Chavaigne |
| Deddie Davies | Madame Fouache |
| Miriam Raymond | Madame Nicholas |
| Gwen Nelson | Madame Voujon |
| Mollie Maureen | Madame Lagousse |
| Peter Ustinov | Narrator |
| Wolfe Morris | Monsieur Girodot |
| Elspeth MacNaughton | Madame Girodot |
| Madeline Smith | Hortense Girodot |
| David Quilter | Bernard Samothrace |
| Mandy Jenner | Estelle De St. Choul |
| Hugh Griffith | Alexandre Bourdillat |
| Aubrey Woods | Aristide Focart |
| Meredith Edwards | Abbé Jouffe |
| Diane Holland | Honorine |
| Gabriel Chevalier | Writer |
| Ray Galton | Writer (Adapted By) |
| Alan Simpson | Writer (Adapted By) |
| Michael Mills | Producer |
| Geoffrey Botterill | Editor |
| Christopher Rowlands | Editor |
| Spencer Chapman | Production Designer |
| Alan Roper | Composer |
Press
The first episode was necessarily a tour of Clochemerle, introducing the inhabitants as they answered assorted calls of nature. The other, too, appeared to be wine and women. It is embarrassingly rich in talent. So much so that the cast list in the Radio Times doesn't bother to mention that the narrator is Peter Ustinov. Possibly the pissoir is by Picasso but they didn't bother to say so.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 19th February 1972