All Gas and Gaiters be broadcast on the station, now renamed BBC Radio 4 Extra, in August 2011 and again in early 2017. In April 2016 the radio drama based on the story behind the making of the series, "All Mouth and Trousers" by Mark Burgess, was aired by BBC Radio 4. The production featured John Sessions as Frank Muir, Nicholas Boulton as Stuart Allen, Gareth Williams as William Mervyn, Trevor Littledale as Robertson Hare, Zeb Soanes as Derek Nimmo and David Collings as John Barron. All Gas and Gaiters All Gas and Gaiters is a British television ecclesiastical sitcom which aired on BBC1
Mervyn Burden Mervyn Burden Mervyn Derek Burden (4 October 1930 – 9 November 1987) was an English cricketer. Burden was a right-arm off break bowler and a right-handed tail-end batsman. Burden initially had a trial with Hampshire in 1947, reportedly turning up with no pads or bat. His first delivery of his trial flew over the nets without bouncing and shattered a dining-room window. Burden played first-class cricket for 11 seasons, making his debut in 1953 against Worcestershire. Over the next ten years he made 174 appearances for the club, taking 481 wickets with his off breaks. His batting yielded few results,