Parsley Sidings

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Comedy: Sitcoms

Railway station comedy starring Arthur Lowe

Parsley Sidings: Series 1: Episode 3: The Beauty Queen Contest

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Episode 3: The Beauty Queen Contest

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The Beauty Queen Contest

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Glamorous announcer Gloria is pressured into promoting the sleepy station.

Glamorous announcer Gloria is pressured into promoting the sleepy station. Stars Arthur Lowe and Liz Fraser. From December 1971.

Parsley Sidings' glamorous announcer Gloria Simpkins is pressured into promoting the sleepy station.

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/Bradshaw/The Vicar …. Kenneth Connor
Gloria Simpkins …. Liz Fraser

Re-created announcements …. Keith Skues

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1971.

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