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Steve Chambers - Victoria Station

Steve Chambers - Victoria Station: Episode 1: Signal Failure

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Episode 1: Signal Failure

Signal Failure

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A derailment and a VIP arrival expose enmities at Victoria Station, Bridgford.

4 Extra Debut. Wednesday, 4 January 1895. A derailment and a VIP arrival expose enmities at Victoria Station, Bridgford. Stars Gavin Muir.

Wednesday January 4th 1895: A derailed goods train and the arrival of a VIP General Booth expose enmities at Victoria station in Bridgford. 

Nottingham born author Steve Chambers' 5-part set in Victoria Station, Bridgford in 1895 each with a self-contained drama , as well as the day-to-day shenanigans and goings on of the station staff. 

Stars Sean Baker as Station Master Joe Braddock, Philip Jackson as Tidmarsh, John Hartley as Union activist Fred Roberts, Gavin Muir as Area Manager Mr Cripps and Frances Jeater as Mrs Brook Hammond. 

Director: Celia de Wolff 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1995 and set a century before.

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