The Market Special
The station staff go all out to boost falling passenger numbers. Stars Arthur Lowe and Ian Lavender. From December 1971.
The railway station staff at Parsley Sidings go all out to boost falling passenger numbers.
Starring Arthur Lowe and Ian Lavender.
Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy station.
The Hepplewhites have run Parsley Sidings station for generations. Current station master, Horace, hopes that his son Bert will continue the line.
Mild-mannered ticket clerk, Bert, wants to work anywhere but on the railways. His colleague, station announcer, Gloria Simpkins, secretly loves him.
Porter Percy Valentine is an archetypal wheeler-dealer and ancient signalman, Bradshaw, causes havoc and dispenses home-made remedies in equal measure.
One stop down the line is the station master of Potwhistle Halt, Phineas Perkins - Parsley Sidings' nemesis!
Horace 鈥�. Arthur Lowe
Bert 鈥�. Ian Lavender
Percy 鈥�. Kenneth Connor
Gloria 鈥�. Liz Fraser
Ethel 鈥�. Elizabeth Morgan
Missing original announcements re-created for 91福利社 Radio 4 Extra by Keith Skues.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on 91福利社 Radio 2 in December 1971.
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