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British TV series or programme
Chelmsford 123
title screen
Genre
Comedy
Created by
Rory McGrath Jimmy Mulville
Written by
Rory McGrath Jimmy Mulville
Starring
Jimmy Mulville Rory McGrath Philip Pope Neil Pearson
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original languages
English, Latin
No. of series
2
No. of episodes
13
Production
Running time
24 minutes
Production company
Hat Trick Productions
Original release
Network
Channel 4
Release
9 March 1988 (1988-03-09) – 20 February 1990 (1990-02-20)
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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 respectively, 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 (Jimmy Mulville) and the British chieftain, Badvoc (Rory McGrath). 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 and 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, appeared.
Both series are available on All 4.[1]
Series 1 and 2 were released on DVD by Acorn Media UK on 15 September 2011.[2]
^"Chelmsford 123". Channel4.com. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^"SeeSaw - Watch Chelmsford 123 online". 22 February 2010. Archived from the original on 22 February 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
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