Orphaned Episodes: Facts of Life (Our Man at St Mark's) and Two Appeals
The introduction to this series of posts can be found here . Our Man at St Mark's was a sitcom which ran from 1963 to 1966 about the Vicar of Felgate, initially played by Leslie Phillips and then by Donald Sinden. Only four episodes are known to survive and Facts of Life is the only one I have been able to track down online. In a change to my normal policy, I should make clear that the two acting greats who play the key characters are much of the reason to see this and they're both great. In fact I think to say watch this show starring Leslie Phillips as a vicar and Joan Hickson as his housekeeper, is enough recommendation. Actually the best bit is seeing Leslie Phillips in a role far removed from his normal rather louche roles. Sitcoms as such don't tend to do much for me but this is worth watching simply for the scene where the vicar talks to a little girl who has gone to see him because she thinks she is pregnant. This scene is so sweet! He also has a man to man cha...