Clochemerle

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Clochemerle is a 1934 French satirical novel by Gabriel Chevallier. It is set in a French village in Beaujolais inspired by Vaux en 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 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 links

• Clochemerle at bbc.co.uk Comedy Guide
• Clochemerle at the Internet Movie Database
• Clochemerle 1923 book review of The Scandals of Clochemerle by Time (magazine)
• Vaux en Beaujolais website (in French)