All Gas and Gaiters

★ 6.3•1967•5 Seasons•ANIME

Comedy

All Gas and Gaiters is a British television ecclesiastical sitcom which aired on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971. It was written by Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps, a husband-and-wife team who used the pseudonym of "John Wraith" when writing the pilot. At St Oggs Cathedral is a carefree bishop, an old tippling archdeacon, and an accident-prone chaplain, who all wish to live a quiet bachelor life, but this is continually threatened by the dean, who tries to bring by-the-book rule to the cathedral.

Top Cast

Robertson Hare

The Archdeacon, The Venerable Henry Blunt

William Mervyn

The Bishop, The Right Reverend Cuthbert Hever

Derek Nimmo

The Chaplain, Rev. Mervyn Noote

Episodes

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1. The Bishop Gets the Sack

30m

BBC journalist Timothy Post arrives at St Oggs to film a documentary, and someone is required to go in front of the camera. The Bishop is keen to stop the Dean from taking on the role, and fancies doing it himself.

Aired: 1/31/1967

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2. The Bishop Meets a Bird

30m

The Bishop has been sought to contribute an article on the Cathedral for a local paper, and he sets to with enthusiasm. His discovery of an old tradition called 'Pedlar's Right', and its subsequent publication, lead him into an embarrassing situation.