Letter to Blanchy - Unofficial Channels

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

Jon Gadsby

Writer, As: Barry

David McPhail

Writer, As: Derek

Peter Rowley

As: Ray

Ian Mune

Director

Anne Williams

Producer

AK Grant

Writer