Chelmsford 123 (1988– )

Stars:

Jimmy Mulville, Rory McGrath, Philip Pope

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jimmy Mulville	...	Aulus Paulinus (13 episodes, 1988-1990)
Rory McGrath	...	Badvoc (13 episodes, 1988-1990)
Philip Pope	...	Grasientus (13 episodes, 1988-1990)
Howard Lew Lewis	...	Blag (13 episodes, 1988-1990)
Neil Pearson	...	Mungo (13 episodes, 1988-1990)
Robert Austin	...	Functio (6 episodes, 1988)
Erika Hoffman	...	Gargamadua (6 episodes, 1988)
Geoffrey McGivern	...	Wolfbane (6 episodes, 1988-1990)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 March 1988 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hat Trick Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (13 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Mungo: I'm going into town to throw rocks at old people, d'you fancy coming?
Badvoc: You need help, Mungo.
Mungo: Yeah, Blag's gonna carry the rocks.

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Connections

Featured in Comedy Connections: Drop the Dead Donkey (2006)

User Reviews

Really hilarious show: one of the gems of British comedy and almost unknown

This is one of the most entertaining comedy series ever produced -- agreed, maybe some of the humour would be strange to American audiences, but there are very few British-specific jokes, it's just the style that would be rather foreign. But for all that, it's brilliant. Perhaps there were episodes of Fawlty Towers or Yes, Minister that made me laugh more, but not only is this right up with them, I can keep re-watching Chelmsford 123 and it'll always make me laugh. It's no more than every few years that I can turn to an episode of Fawlty Towers and there are ones I just don't like. There isn't an episode of Chelmsford 123 that I don't like, and I turn to it every couple of months and always have a great laugh, though I probably know a lot of the scripts by heart. Yes, it's that good. Terrifically underrated, just a pity that so few episodes were made. I got my copy of both series from a friend in the UK, although I expect you might be able to find it on ebay or filesharing networks.