British Comedy Guide

Pilgrim's Rest

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1997
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Sitcom set in a truck-stop café run by former roadie Bob Payne, blighted by the opening of a new bypass and the loss of most of its custom. Stars Gary Olsen, Gwen Taylor, Jonathan Aris, John Arthur, Pierre Forest and more.

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Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1997
Channel
BBC 1
Episodes
6 (1 series)
Creator
Bernard McKenna
Stars
Gary Olsen, Gwen Taylor, Jonathan Aris, John Arthur, Pierre Forest, Jay Simpson, Nina Young and Michael Fenton Stevens
Writers
Bernard McKenna, Simon Block and Paul Mayhew-Archer
Director
Gareth Carrivick
Producers
Mark Chapman, Peter Bennett-Jones, Kevin Lygo and Nick Mortimer
Company

Additional details

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Thursday 31st July 1997 at 8:30pm on BBC One

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