Oh Doctor Beeching!
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1995 - 1997
- 20 episodes (2 series)
Sitcom following the working and personal lives of the staff at Hatley railway station in 1963, under the threat of the Beeching axe. Stars Paul Shane, Su Pollard, Jeffrey Holland, Julia Deakin, Barbara New and more.
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 4 - The Van
Mr Parkin is appointed manager of a number of other stations in the vicinity, and British Railways send a van for him to drive between them in. Perfect timing, as the canteen fridge has packed up, and Arnold fears his wife could be in trouble.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 20th July 1997
- Time
- 6:45pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Paul Shane | Jack Skinner |
| Su Pollard | Ethel Schumann |
| Jeffrey Holland | Cecil Parkin |
| Julia Deakin | May Skinner |
| Barbara New | Vera Plumtree |
| Stephen Lewis | Harry Lambert |
| Ivor Roberts | Arnold |
| Perry Benson | Ralph |
| Terry John | Percy |
| Lindsay Grimshaw | Gloria Skinner |
| Paul Aspden (as Paul Aspen) | Wilfred Schumann |
| Tara Daniels | Amy Matlock |
| Richard Spendlove | Mr. Orkindale |
| Felix Bowness | Bernie Bleasdale (Ticket Inspector) |
| David Croft | Writer |
| Richard Spendlove | Writer |
| Roy Gould | Director |
| Charles Garland | Producer |
| David Croft | Executive Producer |
| Steve Jamison | Editor |
| John Bristow | Production Designer |