Clochemerle
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 1972
- 9 episodes (1 series)
Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's 9-part adaptation of the French comic novel about the erection of a public convenience in a small village, Clochemerle. Stars Cyril Cusack, Roy Dotrice, Wendy Hiller, Kenneth Griffith, Micheline Presle and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1972
- Channel
- BBC 2
- Episodes
- 9 (1 series)
- Creator
- Gabriel Chevalier
- Stars
- Cyril Cusack, Roy Dotrice, Wendy Hiller, Kenneth Griffith, Micheline Presle, Catherine Rouvel, Freddie Earlle, Cyd Hayman and more
- Writers
- Gabriel Chevalier, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
- Producer
- Michael Mills
- Companies
Clochemerle's mayor, Barthelemey Piechut, plans for the erection of a "pissoir" (gentlemen's public convenience) in the village square. Unfortunately, the rest of the rural French village's inhabitants aren't so impressed with his intentions.
Additional details
- Production
- Location
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
- Soundtrack
- Incidental music arranged by Alan Roper and played by L'Harmonie Du Rhone, Lyon, under the musical direction of Raymond Jarniat and presided over by Maitre Gilles Ducrot.
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Friday 18th February 1972 at 10:05pm on BBC Two
Recording details
- France - Filmed on location