Oh, Brother! success and only lasted a single series of seven episodes. 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
Mervyn Haisman Mervyn provided script for the popular BBC series "Jane" (1982), starring Glynis Barber as the wartime comic strip pin up. He was to also write the second series "Jane in the Desert" (1984). The success of the TV series lead to Haisman writing for the movie "Jane and the Lost City" (1987), this time featuring Kirsten Hughes in the lead role. Although Haisman died at the end of October 2010, his death was not reported by media until 9 December. He died in Valencia, Spain. Mervyn Haisman Mervyn Haisman (15 March 1928 – 29 October 2010) was a British screenwriter