Love On A Branch Line
- TV comedy drama
- BBC One
- 1994
- 4 episodes (1 series)
A bored and boring civil servant escapes Whitehall to a rural idyll, quickly falling in love with the local scenery and way of life. Stars Michael Maloney, Leslie Phillips, Maria Aitken, Graham Crowden, Abigail Cruttenden and more.
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Key details
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 1994
- Channel
- BBC 1
- Episodes
- 4 (1 series)
- Stars
- Michael Maloney, Leslie Phillips, Maria Aitken, Graham Crowden, Abigail Cruttenden, Cathryn Harrison, Charlotte Williams, Stephen Moore and more
- Writers
- John Hadfield and David Nobbs
- Director
- Martyn Friend
- Producers
- Jacqueline Davis, John Reynolds, Alan Strachan and Ron Purdie
- Companies
Civil servant Jasper Pye has been denounced as boring by his girlfriend. He therefore decides to quit his job and to become an artist in Paris. His superiors have other ideas however; they decide that he is the perfect man to be sent to dismantle a government statistical research unit.
The unit is housed in a stately home and Jasper is soon distracted by the three daughters of owner Lord Flamborough. He finds himself cast headlong into the local lifestyle.
Additional details
- Production
- Location
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Sunday 12th June 1994 at 9:10pm on BBC One
Recording details
- Oxburgh Hall - Location of Arcady Hall exteriors.
- Heydon (Norfolk) - Village.
- Chawton House and Penshurst Place