Parsley Sidings

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BBC Radio 4 Extra

Comedy: Sitcoms

Railway station comedy starring Arthur Lowe

Parsley Sidings: Series 1: Episode 5: The 1890 Rocket

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Episode 5: The 1890 Rocket

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The 1890 Rocket

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Parsley Sidings, Series 1, The 1890 Rocket

Horace's grandfather's ancient steam engine hits the rails once more.

Horace's grandfather's ancient steam engine hits the rails once more. Stars Arthur Lowe and Kenneth Connor. From January 1972.

Station master Horace Hepplewhite decides to renovate his grandfather's rusting old steam engine.

Can he manage to get it back on the rails once more? 

Starring Arthur Lowe and Ian Lavender.

Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway station.

Horace Hepplewhite …. Arthur Lowe
Bert Hepplewhite …. Ian Lavender
Percy Valentine …. Kenneth Connor
Gloria Simpkins …. Liz Fraser
Phineas Perkins …. John Graham

Recreated announcements by Keith Skues. 

Producer: Edward Taylor 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1972.

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