Oh Doctor Beeching!

Sitcom following the working and personal lives of the staff at Hatley railway station in 1963, under the threat of the Beeching axe

Genre: Sitcom
Broadcast: 1995 - 1997
Channel: BBC One
Episodes: 20 (1 pilot + 2 series)
Starring: Paul Shane, Su Pollard, Jeffrey Holland, Julia Deakin, Barbara New, Stephen Lewis, Ivor Roberts, Perry Benson and others
Writers: David Croft and Richard Spendlove
Director: Roy Gould
Producers: David Croft and Charles Garland

The year is 1963, and the new station master at the rural outpost of Hatley has just been informed that many of Britain's less-used railway stations could be closed by the head of British Rail, Dr. Beeching.

The staff resolve to do everything that they can to make a good impression and keep the station - and indeed the line - open. Unfortunately, love rivalries, jealousy, short tempers and incompetence combine with a deeply ingrained easy pace of lifestyle at the station to make this a task far easier said than done!

Production Details

Part of

BBC1 Comedy Pilots (1995)

Production company

Laugh track

Live audience