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Summary

Mayor Barthelemey Piechut (Cyril Cusack) organises the erection of a new "pissoir" (a gentlemen's public convenience) in the centre of the small French village of Clochemerle.

He fails to anticipate the repercussions of this new "village amenity".

Cast List

  Cyril Cusack as Mayor Barthelemey Piechut
  Roy Dotrice as Curé Ponosse
  Wendy Hiller as Justine Putet
  Kenneth Griffith as Ernest Tafardel
  Freddie Earlle as François Tourmingnon
  Peter Ustinov as Narrator (Voice Only)
  Bernard Bresslaw as Nicholas The Beadle
  Cyd Hayman as Adèle Torbayon
  Barry Linehan as Arthur Torbayon
  Elspeth MacNaughton as Madame Girodot
  Wolfe Morris as Hyacinthe Girodot
  Catherine Rouvel as Judith Tourmingnon
  Madeline Smith as Hortense Girodot

Production Details

Created by:
Gabriel Chevalier

Written by:
Ray Galton, Alan Simpson

Produced by:
Michael Mills

1 series, 9 episodes

Transmitted: 1972

BBC Television
Bavaria Atelier