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The Bishop Takes Up Business

Episode 16 of 20

The Bishop wheels and deals, but it’s his Chaplain who comes out on top. Stars William Mervyn. From November 1972.

The Bishop wheels and deals, but it’s his Chaplain who comes out on top.

Ecclesiastical sitcom which started life on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ TV.

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

The Archdeacon …. Robertson Hare
The Bishop …. William Mervyn
The Bishop's Chaplain …. Jonathan Cecil
The Dean …. John Barron
The Man from β€˜Everybody’s Mother’ …. Billy Milton

All Gas and Gaiters started life as a TV pilot in Comedy Playhouse, ahead of a run on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ1 from 1966 to 1971.

Selected scripts were revised and re-recorded for radio.

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in November 1972.

This programme is an off-air recording, and so does have a few issues with its technical quality – but we hope you enjoy it anyway.

30 minutes

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