All Gas and Gaiters
series not in production
Ended
Comedy
Seasons | 5
Episodes | 32
avg.Runtime | 25 min
First EP | 1967-01-31
Last EP | 1971-06-17
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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.
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Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 1967-01-31
1
The Bishop Gets the Sack
1967-01-31
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.
2
The Bishop Meets a Bird
1967-02-07
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.
3
The Bishop Writes a Sermon
1967-02-14
With an impending visit to his alma mater to deliver a sermon for Founder's Day, the Bishop determines not to forget it – as he did the previous year. But in the end, he misplaces both his new sermon and the one Noote lends him as a replacement — is he ever to impress his old headmaster?
4
The Bishop Sees a Ghost
1967-02-21
There have been several sightings of a ghost in the Cathedral and attention turns to the Bishop, who is called upon to perform an exorcism. The Bishop, however, decides to hunt out the ghost by performing an all-night vigil in the cloisters.
5
The Bishop Turns to Crime
1967-02-28
When the Dean mistakenly entrusts the Bishop to look after his man-eating plant, he little realises the chaos that it causes. If the Bishop had not arranged for a removal of junk from his home, then the key to the Deanery wouldn't be lost and the Archdeacon wouldn't have had to enlist a reformed burglar in order to retrieve it!
6
Only Three Can Play
1967-03-07
The Bishop's normal Thursday night game with Noote and the Archdeacon is thrown into chaos when the Dean arrives. Only three people are allowed to play but the Dean wants in and he sends Noote on an errand. Noote has to persuade a young lady not to park in the close but, instead, he becomes enchanted with her and it looks as though the Dean has a regular place at the game after all...
CAST
charactor: The Archdeacon, The Venerable Henry Blunt
Original: Robertson Hare
Total EP: 32
charactor: The Bishop, The Right Reverend Cuthbert Hever
Original: William Mervyn
Total EP: 32
charactor: The Chaplain, Rev. Mervyn Noote
Original: Derek Nimmo
Total EP: 32
charactor: Choirboy
Original: Gary Graham
Total EP: 19
charactor: The Dean, The Very Reverend Lionel Pugh-Critchley
Original: John Barron
Total EP: 18
charactor: The Dean, The Very Reverend Lionel Pugh-Critchley
Original: Ernest Clark
Total EP: 14
charactor: Grace Pugh-Critchley
Original: Joan Sanderson
Total EP: 8
charactor: Grace Pugh-Critchley
Original: Ruth Kettlewell
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: Michael Slater
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Eden Fox
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Hamish Roughead
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Ballard Berkeley
Total EP: 2
charactor: Mr Davies
Original: Blake Butler
Total EP: 2
charactor: Mr Dawson
Original: Frank Williams
Total EP: 2
charactor: Mary
Original: Brenda Cowling
Total EP: 2
charactor: Timothy Post
Original: John Le Mesurier
Total EP: 1
charactor: Maggie
Original: Pamela Manson
Total EP: 1
charactor: Mr Bird
Original: Geoffrey Hibbert
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Gillian Royale
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Brian Hewitt-Jones
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Walter Randall
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Barbara Keogh
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Graham Rowe
Total EP: 1
charactor: Taxi Driver
Original: Joe Gladwin
Total EP: 1
charactor: Ghost
Original: Patrick Newell
Total EP: 1
charactor: Elvey Stickles
Original: Jack Haig
Total EP: 1
charactor: Mr Tutt
Original: Jerold Wells
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Roger Heathcott
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Joanna Robbins
Total EP: 1
charactor: Mrs Buckley
Original: Ursula Howells
Total EP: 1
charactor: Granny
Original: Constance Lorne
Total EP: 1
charactor: Christine
Original: Jane Murdoch
Total EP: 1
charactor: Nurse
Original: Ingrid Sylvester
Total EP: 1
charactor: Hilary Pugh-Critchley
Original: Helen Cherry
Total EP: 1
charactor: Miss Chaffer
Original: Nan Munro
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Katharine Page
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Sidney Vivian
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Margot Boyd
Total EP: 1
charactor: Miss Stevens
Original: Janina Faye
Total EP: 1
charactor: Butler
Original: Johnson Bayly
Total EP: 1
CREW
“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” – Walt Disney