Clochemerle

Based on the classic comic French novel, adapted for televisionby the acclaimed comedy writing team of Ray Galtonand Alan Simpson (Hancock/Steptoe & Son);welcome to the small French village of Clochemerle.Nestled in the Beaujolais region of France, this happy littleenclave has avoided all hints of modernity, producingfi ne wine in an atmosphere of timeless calm and culture…until now. Now, in the autumn of 1922, the mayor wantsto build a new public edifi ce, something that will drawa crowd – and he will, and it does, but none of itwill happen in the way that he planned.A small village with a powerful church, a republicangovernment, several beautiful wives, one handsome lover,a staunch catholic spinster and many more headstrongpersonalities are about to clash in a way that willbring pain to some, mirth to others and even thearmy to fail to keep the peace in a smallFrench village called Clochemerle