Â鶹Éç

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 …. Arthur Lowe
Bert …. Ian Lavender
Percy …. Kenneth Connor
Gloria …. Liz Fraser
Ethel …. Elizabeth Morgan

Missing original announcements re-created for Â鶹Éç Radio 4 Extra by Keith Skues.

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on Â鶹Éç Radio 2 in December 1971.

Show less