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The Bishop Gets A Letter

All Gas and Gaiters Series 1
Episode 8 of 13

The Bishop is stung into taking action over poverty in a parish. Stars Derek Nimmo and Robertson Hare. From February 1971.

The Bishop is stung into taking action over poverty in a parish.

Ecclesiastical sitcom which started life on 麻豆社 TV.

Written and adapted by husband-and-wife team, Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps.

The Archdeacon 鈥�. Robertson Hare
The Bishop 鈥�. William Mervyn
The Bishop's Chaplain 鈥�. Derek Nimmo
The Perpetual Curate of Stagmarsh 鈥�. James Hayter
Butler 鈥�. John Gabriel
The Farmer 鈥�. Peter Tuddenham

'All Gas And Gaiters' started life as a TV pilot in Comedy Playhouse, ahead of a run on 麻豆社1 from 1966 to 1971.

Selected scripts were revised and re-recorded for radio

Producer: David Hatch.

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in February 1971.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 10 Aug 2025 04:30
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

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  • Sun 8 Nov 2020 08:30
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  • Sat 9 Aug 2025 09:30
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    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 10 Aug 2025 04:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra