All Gas and Gaiters

Name: All Gas and Gaiters
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Robertson Hare, William Mervyn, Derek Nimmo

1967

★★★☆☆ 5.7/10

📺 5 Seasons

🎬 32 Episodes

📅 Ended

🌐 EN

⏱️ 25 min/episode

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.

Seasons

Season 1

1967 • 6 Episodes

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.

Season 2

1967 • 6 Episodes

The Dean has promised the congregation that he is going to return St Ogg's to its primitive roots. He wishes to replace the Bishop's comfortable throne with a large stone and make life less cosy so that people will pay attention to the sermons. There's a mad frenzy from the Bishop and his cohorts as they try to squash the Dean's plans.

Season 3

1969 • 7 Episodes

It appears that Noote has finally found a girlfriend and the Archdeacon thinks the time is right for the Bishop to tell him the facts of life. But, in reality, Noote has been asked to perform a marriage service for the young lady in question who happens to be an old friend. Once again, the Dean causes chaos with his meddling and the misunderstandings abound.

Season 4

1970 • 7 Episodes

When it comes to car shopping, the Bishop can only see one model suitable for him, but the Dean disapproves.

Season 5

1971 • 6 Episodes

Now that the Dean has replaced the annual hymn service with a music festival, there is a need to house the boys' choir. Due to local bylaws, it is down to the Bishop to put them up in his home but he has just had a new central heating system fitted and it makes for a sleepless night for all!