All Gas and Gaiters (1967)
Synopsis
All Gas and Gaiters is a British television ecclesiastical sitcom which aired on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971. It was written by Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps, a husband-and-wife team who used the pseudonym of "John Wraith" when writing the pilot. At St Oggs Cathedral is a carefree bishop, an old tippling archdeacon, and an accident-prone chaplain, who all wish to live a quiet bachelor life, but this is continually threatened by the dean, who tries to bring by-the-book rule to the cathedral.
First Air Date: 1967-01-31
Last Air Date: 1971-06-17
Number of Seasons: 5
Number of Episodes: 32
Created By: Pauline Delaney, Edwin Apps
Networks: BBC One
Top Cast
- Robertson Hare as The Archdeacon, The Venerable Henry Blunt
- William Mervyn as The Bishop, The Right Reverend Cuthbert Hever
- Derek Nimmo as The Chaplain, Rev. Mervyn Noote
- Gary Graham as Choirboy
- John Barron as The Dean, The Very Reverend Lionel Pugh-Critchley
- Ernest Clark as The Dean, The Very Reverend Lionel Pugh-Critchley
- Joan Sanderson as Grace Pugh-Critchley
- Ruth Kettlewell as Grace Pugh-Critchley
- Michael Slater as N/A
- Eden Fox as N/A
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Specials (1966)
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Ep. 1: The Bishop Rides Again (Pilot)
The Bishop needs to secure a substantial bequest, but in order to do so must reenact a medieval custom of dispensing forty pairs of white socks to forty virgins. The pilot episode was originally shown as part of the series "Comedy Playhouse".
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