Oh, Brother! Oh, Brother! Oh, Brother! is a British situation comedy show on BBC television starring Derek Nimmo, which was broadcast between 1968 and 1970. The series was set in a monastery, with Nimmo cast as the well-meaning but inept novice Brother Dominic. It was basically a successor to "All Gas and Gaiters", where Nimmo had played a very similar role, the main difference being that Brother Dominic was working-class, whereas Nimmo's previous character, Rev. Mervyn Noote, had been upper-class. "Oh, Brother!" was not quite as successful or as affectionately remembered as the earlier programme, although it did last three series containing
Mervyn Alexander and was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Laws (LLD). The commendation speech was given by the then Bishop of Bristol, Right Reverend Barry Rogerson. In 1985 he was decorated by Commander's Cross of Order of Polonia Restituta (polish government-in-exile). He was succeeded as Bishop of Clifton by Bishop Declan Lang on 28 March 2001. On retiring as Bishop of Clifton he served as Parish Priest of St Joseph's, Weston-super-Mare. Bishop Mervyn died on 14 August 2010 at St Angela's Home, Clifton, at the age of 85. Mervyn Alexander Meryvn Alban Alexander (29 June 1925 – 14 August 2010) was the