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The Excursion

Parsley Sidings Series 1
Episode 6 of 10

Station Master Horace is keen to encourage the tourist trade. Stars Arthur Lowe and Kenneth Connor. From January 1972.

Station Master Horace Hepplewhite decides Parsley Sidings needs to boost passenger numbers with some train excursions.

Starring Arthur Lowe and Ian Lavender.

Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway station.

Horace Hepplewhite 鈥�. Arthur Lowe
Bert Hepplewhite 鈥�. Ian Lavender
Percy Valentine 鈥�. Kenneth Connor
Gloria Simpkins 鈥�. Liz Fraser
American Tourist 鈥�. John Graham
Chalky White/Passenger 鈥�. Ronnie Stevens

Re-created announcements by Keith Skues.

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 2 in January 1972.

30 minutes

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