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The Gasman Cometh

The Gasman Cometh

1978TV Episode
Comedy
5.7
IMDB Rating
17 votes

Sheila looks into whether the oil central heating can be converted to gas, Peter's horrified when a gasman shows up far earlier than expected, and things get worse when a metre arrives before he even agrees to a supply.

Director
Les Chatfield
Writers
N/A
Stars
David Jason, Jacqueline Clarke, Richard Wilson
Release Date
March 20, 1978
💬 2
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

David Jason
David Jason
as Peter Barnes
Jacqueline Clarke
Jacqueline Clarke
as Sheila Barnes
Richard Wilson
Richard Wilson
as Jack Wainwright
Alun Armstrong
Alun Armstrong
as Simon Wilson
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Arthur White
as Alf
👤
John Rees
as Bill
👤
Gordon Salkilld
as Barman
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Anthony Arundell
as Lionel

🎬 Technical Specs

Filming Location
Chandos Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Production
Associated Television (ATV)

🎯 Categories

Comedy

⭐ Featured Review

The Gasman Cometh
by Prismark102017-09-18
3/10

"Rather a patchy episode, I just cannot get excited about getting gas pipes installed and being pestered by gas salesman. Interestingly Arthur White makes a small appearance in this episode, he is David Jason's real life older brother. It seems Sheila is not too keen on electric, I reckon back in those days the constant power cuts due to strikes would had been a factor. So she expresses an interest in installing a gas meter and soon gets bombarded with gasmen. Peter goes to see someone to put a stop to it but with no success. Not a lot of laughs here and I sense the cast knew this. Thi..."

📖 Synopsis

Sheila looks into whether the oil central heating can be converted to gas, Peter's horrified when a gasman shows up far earlier than expected, and things get worse when a metre arrives before he even agrees to a supply.