Pilgrim's Rest

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1997
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Sitcom set in a truck-stop café run by former roadie Bob Payne, blighted by the opening of a new bypass and the loss of most of its custom. Stars Gary Olsen, Gwen Taylor, Jonathan Aris, John Arthur, Pierre Forest and more.

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1997
Channel
BBC One
Episodes
6 (1 series)
Creator
Bernard McKenna
Stars
Gary Olsen, Gwen Taylor, Jonathan Aris, John Arthur, Pierre Forest, Jay Simpson, Nina Young and Michael Fenton Stevens
Writers
Bernard McKenna, Simon Block and Paul Mayhew-Archer
Director
Gareth Carrivick
Producers
Mark Chapman, Peter Bennett-Jones, Kevin Lygo and Nick Mortimer
Company

Additional details

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Thursday 31st July 1997 at 8:30pm on BBC One

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