Clochemerle

Author Gabriel Chevallier credits the village of Vaux-en-Beaujolais as his inspiration for Clochemerle and indeed when this TV adaption was planned in the early 70's, said town did indeed feature many references to the novel. Galton & Simpson however considered Marchampt, 20km away, a far better fit to what they envisaged as their adaptation and they persuaded producer Michael Mills to film there, much to the chagrin of Clochemerle residents. The film footnotes claim ill-will lasted between the villages for years and questions were even raised in the General Assembly in Paris!

Referenced in Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Nude Man (1972)