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Beside the Seaside

Staff and pupils set off on a school trip, but trouble soon erupts at their guest house. Stars James Grout. From May 1992.

Staff and pupils set off on a school trip, but trouble soon erupts at their guest house.

Created and written by Jim Eldridge.

Ten series of this comedy about a junior school ran between 1985 and 1998. ‘King Street Junior Revisited’ ran from 2002 to 2005.

Mr Beeston …. James Grout
Mr Holliday …. Tom Watson
Mrs Stone …. Margaret John
Mrs Rudd …. Vivienne Martin
Miss Lewis …. Marlene Sidaway
Mrs Patterson …. Deirdre Costello
Mr Long …. Paul Copley
Mr Burns …. Shaun Prendergast
Museum Attendant …. John Church
Tony …. Nick McAillister
Ajaz …. Sebastian Brennan
Dorinda …. Tara Dean
Ranjit …. John Pickard
Sally …. Nadia Williams
Suchinda …. Bea Julakasiun

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 20 Sep 202219:30

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