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The Bishop Meets a Bird
Episode 3 of 13
An unwelcome visitor arrives. Clerical comedy adapted from TV, with Derek Nimmo and William Mervyn. From January 1971.
An unwelcome visitor threatens the quiet life at St. Ogg's Cathedral.
The ecclesiastical sitcom started life as a TV pilot in Comedy Playhouse, ahead of a run on 大象传媒1 from 1966 to 1971. Selected scripts were revised and re-recorded for radio.
CAST:
The Archdeacon 鈥�. Robertson Hare
The Bishop 鈥�. William Mervyn
The Reverend Mervyn Noote 鈥�. Derek Nimmo
The Dean 鈥�. John Barron
Stanley Bird 鈥�. Peter Jones
Written and adapted by husband-and-wife team, Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps.
Producer: David Hatch.
First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in January 1971.
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