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Only Three Can Play

All Gas and Gaiters Series 1
Episode 6 of 13

Will Noote's playing away ruin the clerics' game? Adapted from TV with Derek Nimmo and William Mervyn. From February 1971.

The Bishop, Archdeacon and Bishop's Chaplain regularly enjoy their own board game of imaginary railway journeys.

That is until Noote gets distracted by an attractive neighbour...

Ecclesiastical sitcom which started life on 91福利社 TV.

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

The Archdeacon 鈥�. Robertson Hare
The Bishop 鈥�. William Mervyn
The Bishop's Chaplain - Noote 鈥�. Derek Nimmo
The Dean 鈥�. John Barron
Christine 鈥�. Elizabeth Proud
Mrs Buckley 鈥�. Sonia Fraser
Granny 鈥�. Eva Stuart

'All Gas And Gaiters' started life as a TV pilot in Comedy Playhouse, ahead of a run on 91福利社1 from 1966 to 1971.

Selected scripts were revised and re-recorded for radio

Producer: David Hatch.

First broadcast on 91福利社 Radio 4 in February 1971.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 27 Jul 2025 04:30
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