Oh, Brother!

For other uses, see Oh, Brother! (disambiguation).
Oh Brother!
Genre Comedy
Written by David Climie
Austin Steele
Starring Derek Nimmo
Felix Aylmer
Derek Francis
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 3
No. of episodes 19
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel BBC1
Original run 13 September 1968 – 27 February 1970
Chronology
Followed by Oh, Father!

Oh, Brother! is a British situation comedy show on BBC television starring Derek Nimmo, which was broadcast between 1968 and 1970.

Synopsis

The series was set in a monastery, with Nimmo cast as the well-meaning but inept novice Brother Dominic. It was basically a successor to All Gas and Gaiters, where Nimmo had played a very similar role, the main difference being that Brother Dominic was working-class, whereas Nimmo's previous character, Rev. Mervyn Noote, had been upper-class.

Reception

Oh, Brother! was not quite as successful or as affectionately remembered as the earlier programme, although it did last three series containing 19 episodes, only eight of which exist in the BBC archives. The comic potential in a monastery may have been rather limited, although it did benefit from a cast which included some experienced actors, particularly Nimmo himself and Felix Aylmer as Father Abbot.

Episodes

Series 1 (1968)

Series 2 (1969)

Series 3 (1970)

Surviving episodes

Series No' Ep No' Title Broadcast Notes
Series 1 Episode 1 The Voice Of The Turtle 13/9/68
Series 3 Episode 1 A Still Small Voice 16/1/70
Series 3 Episode 2 By The Fleshpots 23/1/70
Series 3 Episode 3 The Laughter Of A Fool 30/1/70
Series 3 Episode 4 A Fool Returneth 6/2/70
Series 3 Episode 5 The Hands Of Esau 13/2/70
Series 3 Episode 6 A Stone For Stumbling 20/2/70
Series 3 Episode 7 The Fullness Of His Days 27/2/70

DVD release

A Region 2 DVD was released in 2004.[1]

Sequel series

Oh, Brother! was followed by a sequel Oh, Father! in 1973, also starring Nimmo and with the same writers. In this series, Dominic left the monastery and became a Roman Catholic priest. It had a supporting cast of Laurence Naismith, Pearl Hackney and David Kelly. This was not a success and only lasted a single series of seven episodes.

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