Laboratory demand management strategies: An overview
| Clochemerle | |
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| Based on | Clochemerle by Gabriel Chevallier |
| Written by | |
| Directed by | Michael Mills |
| Narrated by | Peter Ustinov |
| Composer | Alan Roper |
| Country of origin |
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| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Michael Mills |
| Production location | France |
| Cinematography | James Balfour |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | BBC 2 ARD |
| Release | 18 February – 14 April 1972 |
Clochemerle is a 1972 BBC television serial based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Gabriel Chevallier, with Ray Galton and Alan Simpson adapting the text. 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
| No. in series | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Magnificent Idea of Barthelemey Piechut, the Mayor" | 18 February 1972 |
| 2 | "The Triumphant Inauguration of a Municipal Amenity" | 25 February 1972 |
| 3 | "The Spirited Protest of Justine Putet" | 3 March 1972 |
| 4 | "The Awful Awakening of Claudius Brodequin" | 10 March 1972 |
| 5 | "The Painful Infliction of Nicholas the Beadle" | 17 March 1972 |
| 6 | "The Scandalous Outcome of a Night of Destruction" | 24 March 1972 |
| 7 | "The Inexorable Power of the Third Republic" | 31 March 1972 |
| 8 | "The Dreaded Arrival of Captain Tardivaux" | 7 April 1972 |
| 9 | "The Glorious Triumph of Barthelemey Piechut" | 14 April 1972 |
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.[1]
References
- ^ "DVD: Clochemerle". 19 November 2013.
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
- Clochemerle at IMDb
- Clochemerle at British Comedy Guide
