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The Beauty Queen Contest
Episode 3 of 10
Glamorous announcer Gloria is pressured into promoting the sleepy station. Stars Arthur Lowe and Liz Fraser. From December 1971.
Parsley Sidings' glamorous train announcer Gloria Simpkins is pressured into promoting the sleepy station.
Starring Arthur Lowe and Ian Lavender.
Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway station.
Horace Hepplewhite …. Arthur Lowe
Bert Heplewhite …. Ian Lavender
Percy Valentine/Bradshaw/The Vicar …. Kenneth Connor
Gloria Simpkins …. Liz Fraser
Missing original announcements re-created for 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4 Extra by Keith Skues.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 2 in December 1971.
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