Robertson Hare the provinces, and in South Africa. He reached a new public in the late 1960s in a television series, "All Gas and Gaiters". He played the Archdeacon of St. Ogg's, the Ven Henry Blunt. His co-stars were William Mervyn as the Rt Rev Cuthbert Hever, Bishop of St Ogg's, Derek Nimmo as the Rev Mervyn Noote, the Bishop's chaplain, and John Barron as the Very Rev Lionel Pugh-Critchley, Dean of St Ogg's. George Melly wrote: His most famous catchphrase was: "Oh, calamity!" He was awarded the OBE in 1979. Hare died in London at the age of 87. Robertson Hare
Mervyn Brooker Mervyn Brooker Mervyn Edward William Brooker (born 24 March 1954) is an English former cricketer and school headmaster. Mervyn Brooker was born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. He attended Lancaster Royal Grammar School and Burnley Grammar School, before reading geography at Jesus College, Cambridge. Brooker was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Brooker made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Leicestershire in 1974. He had 13 further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Oxford University in 1976. He took 24 wickets in his 14 first-class matches for the university, at an average