Clochemerle is a 1972 BBC television comedy serial based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Gabriel Chevallier, with text adapted by sitcom writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Filmed on location in France, it starred Roy Dotrice, Wendy Hiller, Cyril Cusack, Kenneth Griffith, Cyd Hayman, Bernard Bresslaw, Hugh Griffith, Micheline Presle, Madeline Smith, Christian Roberts, Nigel Green, Wolfe Morris and Gordon Rollings, with narration by Peter Ustinov.
The show was made as a co-production between Britain's BBC and West Germany's Bavaria Film.
Episodes
Production The series was shot on location in Colombier-le-Vieux, in the department of Ardèche, south of Lyon. The steam railway there, which appears in the programme, had been restored by enthusiasts the year before shooting.
Home media It was issued as a two-DVD set by RLJ Entertainment in 2013.
See also
British sitcom
References
External links Clochemerle (read by Andrew Sachs (1988-05-28) at the BBC Genome Project Clochemerle at the BBC Genome Project Clochemerle: 1: The Magnificent Idea of Barthelemy Piechut at the BBC Genome Project Clochemerle: 1: The Magnificent Idea of Barthelemy Piechut, the Mayor at the BBC Genome Project Clochemerle: 2: The Triumphant Inauguration of a Municipal Amenity at the BBC Genome Project Clochemerle: 8 : The Dreaded Arrival of Captain Tardivaux at the BBC Genome Project Clochemerle: 9: The Glorious Triumph of Barthelemy Piechut at the BBC Genome Project