Our Man at St. Mark's is a British comedytelevision series which originally aired on ITV between 1963 and 1966. Today the series is largely lost, with only four out of forty six episodes remaining in the archives.[1]
25 September 1963 (1963-09-25) – 28 December 1966 (1966-12-28)
It focuses on the parish of St Mark's, with Leslie Phillips starring as the Reverend Andrew Parker during the first season before being replaced by Donald Sinden as the Reverend Stephen Young. Joan Hickson played Mrs. Peace, the housekeeper. The series was originally intended to be called There Was a Young Vicar, but it was decided this sounded too much like the beginning of a limerick and a more respectful title was chosen. The show proved to be a ratings hit, although only six complete episodes are known to have survived.[2]
Comparisons are often made with another clerical comedy All Gas and Gaiters which aired shortly afterwards on the BBC and was focused on a fictional cathedral rather than workings of an ordinary parish.[3]
Of the 46 episodes produced, only 8 complete episodes (episodes 1 & 5 from series 1, episode 6 from series 2, and episodes 1, 3, 4, 7 & 11 from series 3) are known to have survived as telerecordings, due to the wiping of videotapes and destruction of film copies. The unaired pilot episode is also missing. Episode 9 from series 3 also exists, but the sound is missing. One episode (episode 12 from series 2) has some surviving sequences on film, although the sound is missing (most likely due to damage to the prints).
mark, british, comedy, television, series, which, originally, aired, between, 1963, 1966, today, series, largely, lost, with, only, four, forty, episodes, remaining, archives, genresitcomwritten, bypeter, miller, james, kelleystarringjoan, hickson, donald, sin. Our Man at St Mark s is a British comedy television series which originally aired on ITV between 1963 and 1966 Today the series is largely lost with only four out of forty six episodes remaining in the archives 1 Our Man at St Mark sGenreSitcomWritten byPeter Miller James KelleyStarringJoan Hickson Donald Sinden Harry Fowler Leslie PhillipsCountry of originUnited KingdomOriginal languageEnglishNo of series4No of episodes46ProductionProducerEric MaschwitzRunning time30 minutesProduction companyAssociated Rediffusion TelevisionOriginal releaseNetworkITVRelease25 September 1963 1963 09 25 28 December 1966 1966 12 28 It focuses on the parish of St Mark s with Leslie Phillips starring as the Reverend Andrew Parker during the first season before being replaced by Donald Sinden as the Reverend Stephen Young Joan Hickson played Mrs Peace the housekeeper The series was originally intended to be called There Was a Young Vicar but it was decided this sounded too much like the beginning of a limerick and a more respectful title was chosen The show proved to be a ratings hit although only six complete episodes are known to have survived 2 Comparisons are often made with another clerical comedy All Gas and Gaiters which aired shortly afterwards on the BBC and was focused on a fictional cathedral rather than workings of an ordinary parish 3 Contents 1 Cast 1 1 Main 1 2 Other 2 Archive status 3 References 4 Bibliography 5 External linksCast editMain edit Joan Hickson as Mrs Peace 46 episodes Donald Sinden as Rev Stephen Young 39 episodes Harry Fowler as Harry Danvers 18 episodes Clive Morton as The Bishop 14 episodes Leslie Phillips as Rev Andrew Parker 7 episodes Other edit Other actors who appeared in episodes of the show included Fay Compton Francesca Annis James Beck Terence Alexander Joyce Carey Julian Holloway Trevor Bannister Victor Maddern Annette Andre Pauline Yates Derek Francis David Hemmings Warren Mitchell Freddie Jones David Langton Peter Vaughan Michael Gwynn Patrick Barr Erik Chitty Ronald Leigh Hunt George A Cooper Campbell Singer Carole Mowlam Linda Marlowe Godfrey Quigley Ann Bell and David Lodge Archive status editOf the 46 episodes produced only 8 complete episodes episodes 1 amp 5 from series 1 episode 6 from series 2 and episodes 1 3 4 7 amp 11 from series 3 are known to have survived as telerecordings due to the wiping of videotapes and destruction of film copies The unaired pilot episode is also missing Episode 9 from series 3 also exists but the sound is missing One episode episode 12 from series 2 has some surviving sequences on film although the sound is missing most likely due to damage to the prints References edit The Church on British Television p 112 The Church on British Television p 111 112 The Church on British Television p 114 115Bibliography editMarcus Harmes Meredith Harmes amp Barbara Harmes The Church on British Television From the Coronation to Coronation Street Springer Nature 2020 External links editOur Man at St Mark s at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Our Man at St Mark 27s amp oldid 1173798466, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
