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Letter to Blanchy - Unofficial Channels

1995 Television
  • Comedy
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About

Letter to Blanchy was a gentle rural backblocks comedy, and a rare example of Kiwi TV comedy makers filming extensively on location. The show centres on a trio of bumbling smalltown mates: intellectual Derek (David McPhail), rough-diamond Barry (Jon Gadsby) and tradesman Ray (Petet Rowley). In this excerpt from the third episode, Barry and Ray give Derek advice on how to get rid of a stubborn tree trunk, and plant the explosives needed to blast it out of the ground. In the Kiwi DIY way things are destined not to go to plan. "Where did the stump go?" Ian Mune directs.

Key Cast & Crew

Profile picture of David McPhail
David McPhail
As: Derek
Profile picture of Jon Gadsby
Jon Gadsby
As: Barry

Related images

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A cast and crew photo from TV’s Letter to Blanchy.
Supplied by Fiona McKenzie
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A behind the scenes shot from the making of Letter to Blanchy.
Supplied by Fiona McKenzie
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Derek (David McPhail) tries on politics: a shot from TV series Letter to Blanchy
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The main characters from TV series Letter to Blanchy: from left to right Barry (Jon Gadsby), Ray (Peter Rowley) and Derek (David McPhail)