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''Oh, Doctor Beeching!'' was a BBC TV sitcom consisting of a pilot episode broadcast in August 1995 and two series broadcast between 1996 and 1997.  The cast included Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland and Su Pollard (former stars of ''Hi-de-Hi!'' and ''You Rang, M'Lord?'') and Stephen Lewis, better known as ‘Blakey’ from ''On the Buses''.
 
''Oh, Doctor Beeching!'' was a BBC TV sitcom consisting of a pilot episode broadcast in August 1995 and two series broadcast between 1996 and 1997.  The cast included Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland and Su Pollard (former stars of ''Hi-de-Hi!'' and ''You Rang, M'Lord?'') and Stephen Lewis, better known as ‘Blakey’ from ''On the Buses''.
  
The sitcom was set in the small fictional branch line railway station of Hatley, which was threatened with closure under the Beeching Axe. The filming took place at [[Arley | Arley station]], where the frontages of a row of railway cottages were built in the yard as a film prop. During filming services would not call at Arley at certain times.
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The sitcom was set in the small fictional branch line railway station of Hatley, which was threatened with closure under the Beeching Axe. The filming took place at [[Arley | Arley station]], where a row of Victorian railway cottages were built in the yard as a film prop. During filming services would not call at Arley at certain times.
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
[[List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway]]
 
[[List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway]]

Revision as of 15:04, 10 February 2015

Oh, Doctor Beeching! was a BBC TV sitcom consisting of a pilot episode broadcast in August 1995 and two series broadcast between 1996 and 1997. The cast included Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland and Su Pollard (former stars of Hi-de-Hi! and You Rang, M'Lord?) and Stephen Lewis, better known as ‘Blakey’ from On the Buses.

The sitcom was set in the small fictional branch line railway station of Hatley, which was threatened with closure under the Beeching Axe. The filming took place at Arley station, where a row of Victorian railway cottages were built in the yard as a film prop. During filming services would not call at Arley at certain times.

See also

List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway