All Gas And Gaiters - Series 2, Episode 3 - The Bishop Gets A Letter - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

When the Bishop receives a letter from the Archbishop enquiring about the poor clergy in the diocese, he is adamant that all parishes in his jurisdiction are poverty free. When Noote advises him of a parish in Stagmarsh that he has never even visited, the Bishop is stung in to to taking gifts of old clothes disguised as jumble for the "poor" curate.

Notes

This episode no longer exists in the archives. It is missing, believed wiped.

Broadcast details

Date

Friday 8th December 1967

Time

8:20pm

Channel

BBC One

Length

30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast

Robertson Hare Henry - The Archdeacon
William Mervyn The Rt. Rev. Dr. Cuthbert Hever - The Bishop
Derek Nimmo The Rev. Mervyn Noote - The Chaplain
Ernest Clark Lionel Pugh Critchley - The Dean

Guest cast

Fred Emney The Rev. Ernest Raggett
Clifford Parrish Barker

Writing team

Pauline Devaney Writer
Edwin Apps Writer

Production team

Stuart Allen Producer
Stanley Myers Composer
Peter Kindred Production Designer