Ray Galton and Alan Simpson script this 1970s BBC adaptation of the novel by Gabriel Chevallier. The programme follows life in the small French village of Clochmerle, where plans to install a public urinal in the village square trigger a series of disagreements between the many institutions and individuals in competition for power. Cyril Cusack, Wendy Hiller and Kenneth Griffith are among the stars, with narration from Peter Ustinov.
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