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All Gas And Gaiters. Image shows from L to R: Henry - The Archdeacon (Robertson Hare), The Rt. Rev. Dr. Cuthbert Hever - The Bishop (William Mervyn), The Rev. Mervyn Noote - The Chaplain (Derek Nimmo). Copyright: BBC
All Gas And Gaiters

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

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Press clippings

I should not approve at all of "Gas and Gaiters." So uncommitted, so unsatyric. But it is a simple, gentle thing, excellently acted, and if it says nothing crucial about Christianity today, well, thank God for that.

Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 23rd April 1970

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