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The Bishop Meets a Bird
Episode 3 of 13
An unwelcome visitor arrives. Clerical comedy adapted from TV. Stars Derek Nimmo and William Mervyn. From 1971.
An unwelcome visitor threatens the quiet life at St. Ogg's Cathedral.
Ecclesiastical sitcom which started life on BBC TV.
Written and adapted by husband-and-wife team, Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps.
The Archdeacon …. Robertson Hare
The Bishop …. William Mervyn
The Reverend Mervyn Noote …. Derek Nimmo
The Dean …. John Barron
Stanley Bird …. Peter Jones
'All Gas And Gaiters' started life as a TV pilot in Comedy Playhouse, ahead of a run on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971.
Selected scripts were revised and re-recorded for radio.
Producer: David Hatch.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1971.
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