Oh, Brother!
Oh, Brother! is a British television sitcom starring Derek Nimmo, which aired on BBC1 from 13 September 1968 to 27 February 1970. Synopsis. The series was set in the fictional Mountacres Monastery, with Nimmo cast as the well-meaning but inept novice Brother Dominic making life difficult for the Prior (Father Anselm played by Felix Aylmer) and the Master of the Novices (Father Bernard played by Derek Francis). Nimmo was playing a very similar role in "All Gas and Gaiters" which ran from 1966 to 1971, the main difference being that Brother Dominic was working-class, whereas Nimmo 's previous character, Rev. Mervyn Noote, had been upper-class. Reception. "Oh, Brother!" was not quite as successful or as affectionately remembered as the earlier programme, although it did last three series containing 19 episodes, only eight of which exist in the BBC archives. The comic potential in a monastery may have been rather limited, although it did benefit from a cast which included some experienced actors, particularly Nimmo himself and Felix Aylmer as Father Prior. DVD release. A Region 2 DVD was released in 2004. Sequel series. "Oh, Brother!" was followed by a sequel "Oh, Father!" in 1973, also  starring Nimmo and with the same writers. In this series, Dominic left the monastery and became a Roman Catholic priest. It had a supporting cast of Laurence Naismith, Pearl Hackney and David Kelly. This was not a success and only lasted a single series of seven episodes.