Love On A Branch Line. Jasper Pye (Michael Maloney). Copyright: DLT Entertainment Ltd.
Love On A Branch Line
- TV comedy drama
- BBC One
- 1994
- 4 episodes (1 series)
A bored and boring civil servant escapes Whitehall to a rural idyll, quickly falling in love with the local scenery and way of life. Stars Michael Maloney, Leslie Phillips, Maria Aitken, Graham Crowden, Abigail Cruttenden and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - Yes Sir, That's My Baby
It is 1957. Unassuming Ministry of Information civil servant Jasper Pye is sent to Arcady Hall in Norfolk to report on the long-overlooked Department of Output Statistics, housed there for the past 17 years with a staff of just three.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 12th June 1994
- Time
- 9:10pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 50 minutes
Cast & crew
| Michael Maloney | Jasper Pye |
| Leslie Phillips | Lord Flamborough |
| Maria Aitken | Lady Flamborough |
| Graham Crowden | Professor Pollux |
| Abigail Cruttenden | Belinda |
| Cathryn Harrison | Chloe |
| Charlotte Williams | Matilda |
| Stephen Moore | Quirk |
| David Haig | Lionel Virley |
| Amanda Root | Miss Mounsey |
| Gillian Raine | Miss Tidy |
| Joe Melia | Mr Jones |
| Maggie Wells | Dimple Potts |
| Jennifer Piercey | Mrs Pye |
| Peter Blythe | Mark Fairweather |
| Emma Bernard | Deirdre |
| Vivienne Burgess | Elderly Lady |
| Hannah Cresswell | Girl with Pony Tail |
| Nicholas Blane | Porter |
| John Hadfield | Writer |
| David Nobbs | Writer (Adapted By) |
| Martyn Friend | Director |
| Jacqueline Davis | Producer |
| John Reynolds | Executive Producer |
| Alan Strachan | Executive Producer |
| Ron Purdie | Associate Producer |
| Dick Allen | Editor |
| Eileen Diss | Production Designer |
| Maggie Lunn | Casting Director |
| Janey Fothergill | Casting Director |
| Dany Everett | Costume Designer |
| John Kenway | Director of Photography |
| Suzan Broad | Make-up Designer |
| Françoise Cresson | Make-up Designer |
| Ilona Sekacz | Composer |
| Simon Hinkly | 1st Assistant Director |