Chelmsford 123

Chelmsford 123 (1988)


  • Genre: Comedy
  • First Air Date: 1988-03-09
  • Last Air Date: 1990-02-20
  • Total Seasons: 2
  • Total Episodes: 13
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 30 min.
  • Network: Channel 4
star 7/10
From 3 Ratings

Summary

Chelmsford 123 is a British television situation comedy produced for Channel 4 by Hat Trick Productions. It ran for two series, of six and seven episodes, in 1988 and 1990. The series was set in the British town of Chelmsford in the year AD 123, and concerned the power struggle between Roman governor Aulus Paulinus and the British chieftain, Badvoc. Britain is a miserable place, cold and wet – just the place to exile Aulus for accidentally insulting the Emperor's horse, but also give him something useful to do. Aulus, probably a play on Aulus Platorius Nepos, the governor of Roman Britain between 122 and 125, was a rather delicate Roman, who was usually outwitted by the scheming Badvoc, who hadn't had a haircut for twenty-five years. Many of the other regular "Hat Trick" actors, previously seen in shows such as Who Dares Wins, also appeared. Both series are now available on 4 on Demand and SeeSaw. Series 1 and 2 was released on DVD by Acorn Media UK on 15 September 2011.

  • Keywords: england, roman empire, sitcom, period sitcom, roman britain
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    Chelmsford 123 Trailer

    Chelmsford 123 Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1988-03-09
    6 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 1990-01-09
    7 Episodes

    Chelmsford 123 Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Arrivederci Roma30 min
    Season 1Episode 2What's Your Poison?30 min
    Season 1Episode 3The Girl of My Dreams30 min
    Season 1Episode 4One for the Road30 min
    Season 1Episode 5Vidi, Vici, Veni30 min
    Season 1Episode 6Peeled Grapes and Pedicures30 min
    Season 2Episode 1Heads You Lose30 min
    Season 2Episode 2Get Well Soon30 min
    Season 2Episode 3Bird Trouble30 min
    Season 2Episode 4Odi et Amo30 min
    Season 2Episode 5The Secret War30 min
    Season 2Episode 6Mine's a Double30 min
    Season 2Episode 7Something Beginning with E30 min
    • Neil Pearson

      as Mungo
    • Jimmy Mulville

      as Aulus Paulinus
    • Rory McGrath

      as Badvoc
    • Howard Lew Lewis

      as Blag
    • Philip Pope

      as Grasientus

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