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Summary

It's 1963 and Dr Beeching is busy closing down many of Britain's less-travelled railway lines and less-used stations.

The staff of Hatley Station are worried that they might be 'next in line' for closure.

Characters include Jack Skinner (Paul Shane), his wife May (Julia Deakin) and his daughter Gloria (Lindsay Grimshaw), Ethel Schumann (Su Pollard), Cecil Parkin (Jeffrey Holland), Harry Lambert (Stephen Lewis) and Vera Plumtree (Barbara New).

Cast List

  Paul Shane as Jack Skinner
  Su Pollard as Ethel Schumann
  Jeffrey Holland as Cecil Parkin
  Julia Deakin as May Skinner
  Barbara New as Vera Plumtree
  Stephen Lewis as Harry Lambert
  Ivor Roberts as Arnold
  Perry Benson as Ralph
  Terry John as Percy
  Lindsay Grimshaw as Gloria Skinner
  Paul Aspden as Wilfred Schumann
  Tara Daniels as Amy Matlock
  Sherrie Hewson as May Skinner (Pilot)
  Richard Spendlove as Mr Orkindale (Some Episodes)

Production Details

Created by:
David Croft , Richard Spendlove

Written by:
David Croft, Richard Spendlove, Paul Minett, Brian Leveson, John Chapman, John Stevenson

Directed by:
David Croft, Roy Gould

Produced by:
David Croft, Charles Garland

2 series, 20 episodes

Transmitted: 1996-97

TV Channel: BBC1

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