A skit comedy show that began on ABC Radio, The Naked Vicar Show ran on Channel Seven from 1977 to 1978.
According to Moran, in his Guide to Australian TV Series, the program 'was Seven's most popular comedy variety series between The Mavis Bramston Show in the early 1960s and Fast Forward in the late 1980s'.
According to an article published by Peter Tatchell:
The television format was much the same as the radio version with more lampoons of commercials and series and a Bramston-like news bulletin at the beginning and end of each programme (replacing Higgins' sermon as the Vicar, who was no longer featured). Regulars Bruce, the arty-crafties Craig, Val and Geoffrey and gardeners Ces and Cyril all made the transition and many classic sketches were simply redone in vision.
The Seven editions also saw the introduction of car-worshipper Ted Bullpitt and his wife Thel, who quickly became favourites and eventually spawned their own sitcom Kingswood Country. Another popular segment updated the radio duo of Lois and NareIle, though apart from a brief reworking of the Oath K' Noath routine in their first appearance, the pair were now almost totally different characters. Instead of gossipy housewives, they became a man-hungry typist who relates her romantic misadventures to the office tealady. Taking over the Narelle Hudson role from Ross Higgins, Julie McGregor created one of Australian television's most enduring characterisations and scored a personal triumph.
Source: Peter Tatchell, 'Radio: The Naked Vicar Show', Laugh Magazine 14 (1996), republished on Laughterlog (http://laughterlog.com/2009/02/13/radio-the-naked-vicar-show/). Sighted: 1/12/2011