All Gas And Gaiters
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1966 - 1971
- 33 episodes (5 series)
The fictional St. Ogg's Cathedral is the setting for a good natured look at life among the clergy. Stars Robertson Hare, William Mervyn, Derek Nimmo, John Barron, Ernest Clark and Joan Sanderson
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 3 - The Bishop Gets A Letter
When the Bishop receives a letter from the Archbishop enquiring about the poor clergy in the diocese, he is adamant that all parishes in his jurisdiction are poverty free. When Noote advises him of a parish in Stagmarsh that he has never even visited, the Bishop is stung in to to taking gifts of old clothes disguised as jumble for the "poor" curate.
Notes
This episode no longer exists in the archives. It is missing, believed wiped.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 8th December 1967
- Time
- 8:20pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Robertson Hare | Henry - The Archdeacon |
| William Mervyn | The Rt. Rev. Dr. Cuthbert Hever - The Bishop |
| Derek Nimmo | The Rev. Mervyn Noote - The Chaplain |
| Ernest Clark | Lionel Pugh Critchley - The Dean |
| Fred Emney | The Rev. Ernest Raggett |
| Clifford Parrish | Barker |
| Pauline Devaney | Writer |
| Edwin Apps | Writer |
| Stuart Allen | Producer |
| Stanley Myers | Composer |
| Peter Kindred | Production Designer |