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Parsley Sidings
Parsley Sidings

Parsley Sidings

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 2
  • 1971 - 1973
  • 21 episodes (2 series)

Radio sitcom set in a sleepy out-of-the-way railway station, starring Arthur Lowe and Ian Lavender. Also features Kenneth Connor and Liz Fraser.

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Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1971 - 1973
Channel
BBC Radio 2
Episodes
21 (1 pilot + 2 series)
Stars
Arthur Lowe, Ian Lavender, Kenneth Connor and Liz Fraser
Writer
Jim Eldridge
Producer
Edward Taylor
Company

Parsley Sidings is a small, out-of-the-way railway station in the Midlands, located on the line between London and Birmingham. Parsley Sidings only has six trains stopping per day, and thus the station is always under the threat of closure.

The manager of the station is Mr Horace Hepplewhite, whose family have managed the station for generations. His gormless son Bertrand is not so keen on running the station however: he would rather enter acting.

Other staff at the station included secretary Gloria Simpkins who is in love with Bertrand, crafty cockney porter Percy Valentine and elderly signalman Mr Bradshaw.

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Sunday 28th February 1971 on BBC Radio 2
Most recent repeats

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