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Steve Chambers - Victoria Station

Steve Chambers - Victoria Station: Episode 3: First Class Distinction

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Episode 3: First Class Distinction

First Class Distinction

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A Russian circus and vicar pass through, but which causes the most confusion?

Wednesday, 18 January 1895. A Russian circus and vicar pass through, but which causes the most confusion? Stars Sean Baker.

Wednesday January 18th 1895. A Russian circus and vicar pass through - but which causes the most confusion 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, Julia Ford as Josie and Pauline Letts as Ada.  

Director: Celia de Wolff 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1995 and set a century before.

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Series set in a bustling Midlands railway station in the Victorian era, with each episode set 100 years back from the day of the original broadcast

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