The Bishop Rides Again
The Bishop works to secure a bequest. Clerical comedy adapted from TV. Stars Derek Nimmo and William Mervyn. From January 1971.
The Bishop works to secure a bequest. Clerical comedy adapted from TV.
The regular characters are the easy-going Bishop, the elderly Archdeacon with an eye for the ladies and who enjoys a tipple, and the naive and accident-prone Bishop's Chaplain. Their wish to live a quiet bachelor life is under continuous threat from the overbearing Dean.
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 4.
CAST:
The Archdeacon 鈥�. Robertson Hare
The Bishop 鈥�. William Mervyn
Reverend Noote 鈥�. Derek Nimmo
The Dean 鈥�. John Barron
with Rosalind Adams, Ingrid Bower, Anne Davies and Frank Abbott
Written by husband-and-wife team Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps.
Produced by David Hatch.
First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in January 1971.
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