Hell's Bells (TV series)

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Hell's Bells
Genre Comedy
Created byJan Butlin
Starring Derek Nimmo
Robert Stephens
Penelope Horner
Milton Johns
Susan Jameson
Phyllida Law
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Producer Mike Stephens
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original network BBC1
Original release9 June (1986-06-09) 
14 July 1986 (1986-07-14)

Hell's Bells was a British television comedy series made by BBC Television starring Derek Nimmo as the traditionalist Dean "Selwyn" Makepeace who found himself consistently at loggerheads with his modernising new Bishop Godfrey Hethercote (played by Robert Stephens). It was first broadcast in 1986, and only one series was made.

DVD release

No DVD Release has yet been announced for the sitcom.


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