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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Review - DVD: Clochemerle

The tone is gentler than we're used to from Galton and Simpson, the Beaujolais sun burning away the gloom of Steptoe's scrapyard.

Nick Hasted, The Arts Desk, 19th November 2013