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Series · 1967–1971Ended

All Gas and Gaiters

6.2·5 seasons·32 episodes·25 min avg.·United Kingdom

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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The Bishop Gets the Sack
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Jan 31, 1967

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.

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The Bishop Meets a Bird
The Bishop Meets a Bird
Feb 7, 1967

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.

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The Bishop Writes a Sermon
The Bishop Writes a Sermon
Feb 14, 1967

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?

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The Bishop Sees a Ghost
The Bishop Sees a Ghost
Feb 21, 1967

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.

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The Bishop Turns to Crime
The Bishop Turns to Crime
Feb 28, 1967

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!

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Only Three Can Play
Only Three Can Play
Mar 7, 1967

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

3 credited
Robertson Hare
The Archdeacon, The Venerable Henry Blunt
William Mervyn
The Bishop, The Right Reverend Cuthbert Hever
Derek Nimmo
The Chaplain, Rev. Mervyn Noote

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