Oh Doctor Beeching!. Image shows from L to R: Jack Skinner (Paul Shane), Ethel Schumann (Su Pollard). Copyright: BBC
Oh Doctor Beeching!
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1995 - 1997
- 20 episodes (2 series)
Sitcom following the working and personal lives of the staff at Hatley railway station in 1963, under the threat of the Beeching axe. Stars Paul Shane, Su Pollard, Jeffrey Holland, Julia Deakin, Barbara New and more.
Episode menu
Pilot
The peaceful life of Hartley station looks set to be disrupted with the arrival of a new fault-finding station master and rumours that the Minister of Transport, Dr Beeching, is planning to close down a large section of the network.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 14th August 1995
- Time
- 8:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Paul Shane | Jack Skinner |
| Su Pollard | Ethel Schumann |
| Jeffrey Holland | Cecil Parkin |
| Barbara New | Vera Plumtree |
| Stephen Lewis | Harry Lambert |
| Ivor Roberts | Arnold |
| Perry Benson | Ralph |
| Terry John | Percy |
| Lindsay Grimshaw | Gloria Skinner |
| Paul Aspden (as Paul Aspen) | Wilfred Schumann |
| Sherrie Hewson | May Skinner |
| John D. Collins | Man |
| Daphne Goddard | Lady |
| David Croft | Writer |
| Richard Spendlove | Writer |
| Roy Gould | Director |
| David Croft | Producer |
| Steve Jamison | Editor |
| Gwen Evans | Production Designer |