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King Street Junior

Comedy: Sitcoms

Comedy drama series set in a small junior school

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King Street Junior: Series 3: Under Canvas

Under Canvas

Series 3

BBC Radio 4 Extra - King Street Junior, Series 3, Under Canvas

A camping trip - will the teachers survive the great outdoors? Stars Karl Howman.

Camping proves fun for the children - but will the teachers survive the great outdoors? Stars Karl Howman. From March 1988.  

The school holiday ... camping in the 'great outdoors'. 

 It's an exciting time for the children - but a test for the nerves of the staff. 

Created and written by Jim Eldridge.

Ten series of this comedy about King Street Junior School ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005.

Philip Sims …. Karl Howman
Mr Beeston …. James Grout
Mr Holliday …. Tom Watson
Mrs Stone …. Margaret John
Mrs Rudd …. Vivienne Martin
Mr Long …. Paul Copley
Wayne …. Leon Hamilton
Patel …. Robert Lynma
Mandy …. Julie Newell
Sundar …. Daniel Perry
Alice …. Lindsay Pearce
Tony …. Alex Eston 

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1988.

King Street Junior: Series 3

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Comedy series concerning the issues of everyday life in an inner-city school

Comedy series, written by Jim Eldridge, concerning the issues of everyday life in an inner-city school

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