Clochemerle

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Clochemerle is a 1934 French satirical novel by Gabriel Chevallier. It is set in a French village in Beaujolais and deals with the ramifications over plans to install a new urinal in the village square.

[edit] Adaptation

There was a 1972 BBC television serial based loosely on the novel, with Ray Galton and Alan Simpson writing the script. Filmed on location in France, it starred Cyril Cusack, Wendy Hiller, Kenneth Griffith, Roy Dotrice, Cyd Hayman, Micheline Presle, Bernard Bresslaw, Hugh Griffith, Madeline Smith and Wolfe Morris. The series was narrated by Peter Ustinov.

[edit] External link

• BBC Guide to Comedy
• Clochemerle at the Internet Movie Database