Clochemerle (TV series)

Clochemerle
Based onClochemerle
by Gabriel Chevallier
Written by
Directed byMichael Mills
Narrated byPeter Ustinov
ComposerAlan Roper
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • West Germany
No. of series1
No. of episodes9
Production
ProducerMichael Mills
Production locationFrance
CinematographyJames Balfour
Editors
  • Geoffrey Botterill
  • Christopher Rowlands
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time30 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkBBC 2
ARD
Release18 February (1972-02-18) –
14 April 1972 (1972-04-14)
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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.