Name that TV show!

Okay, this has been driving me mad for a while.

I remember a TV series from the eighties. In my mind it was called The Canterbury Tales, but had (as far as I remember) nothing to do with Chaucer.

It was set in a idyllic country village (possibly in the Cotswolds or, you know, Canterbury).

I thought Geoffrey Perkins was in it. Or maybe Jim Broadbent. But it's not listed for either of them on  IMDb. Or that other guy. You know, big fella, red nose, thick glasses. You know! He's been in loads of stuff!

I do remember the main actor was an actor I thought was called David Jansen, but not The Fugitive. This guy was a British actor with a big mouth (lots of teeth) who appeared in a lot of British TV shows in the late 70s, early 80s.

I haven't been able to find anything online.

Does it ring any bells with anyone?

Comments

[Jonathan]

My bell isn't ringing at all!

I'm probably too young to remember it though... *cough*

[Suzi]

It sounds like another of your dreams Keris!

[Cathy]

Not David Jason in The Darling Buds of May with Catherine Zeta Jones as his daughter?? I think her geeky other half was possibly played by an actor called Philip something..

[Joyce]

There was a David Jansen in "Get some in" which was an army comedy starring him and Tony Seby - same one?

[Keris]

Joyce! I knew I could rely on you! I could almost remember Get Some In (I kept thinking it was something like Citizen Smith). That's him: David Janson, not Jansen! I still can't find any reference to the show tho...

And Cathy! I know David Jason! He hasn't got a bit mouth, has he?

[Keris]

I mean "big" mouth!

[Stu]

It's not Chelmsford 123 is it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelmsford_123

[Keris]

Thanks, Stu, but no. It was probably closer in tone to the Darling Buds of May, as far as I remember. I just remember a kind of bucolic village. I'm sure there was a village green and a post office and there may have been a river or a stream...

Of course, I can't remember anything that happened or even if it was a comedy (although I'm fairly sure it was - probably of the gentle, Sunday night variety).