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Cricket, Lovely Cricket

Parsley SidingsSeries 1
Episode 7 of 10

Station master Horace steps up to the crease to save the sleepy station. Stars Arthur Lowe and Liz Fraser. From January 1972.

Station Master Horace Hepplewhite steps up to the crease in his battle to save his station from closure.

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
Mr Bun the Inspector …. Ronald Baddiley

Missing original announcements re-created for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Keith Skues.

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1972.

30 minutes

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