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
Series 2, Episode 5 - Lucky Strike
Ralph's torn between his head and his heart - his uncle, a firebrand communist, has just been made district union leader, and is calling a wildcat strike. As he wrestles with his loyalties, everyone else worries about Beeching's ultimatum that a single striker will result in the closing of the line.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 27th July 1997
- Time
- 6:45pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Paul Shane | Jack Skinner |
| Su Pollard | Ethel Schumann |
| Jeffrey Holland | Cecil Parkin |
| Julia Deakin | May Skinner |
| 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 |
| Tara Daniels | Amy Matlock |
| John Rapley | Vicar |
| John Chapman | Writer |
| Roy Gould | Director |
| Charles Garland | Producer |
| David Croft | Executive Producer |
| Steve Jamison | Editor |
| John Bristow | Production Designer |