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Parsley Sidings

By: Jim Eldridge
Narrated by: Arthur Lowe, full cast, Ian Lavender, Kenneth Connor
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Summary

The complete first and second series of the charming railway station comedy starring Arthur Lowe, Ian Lavender and Kenneth Connor.

Parsley Sidings ran for two highly successful series from 1971-1973 and was the only radio sitcom (other than Dad’s Army) to star the much-loved Arthur Lowe. As Horace Hepplewhite, station master of a sleepy railway station, he spends his time dealing with small crises and supervising his errant staff - including his son, ticket clerk Bert; blonde bombshell Gloria the station announcer; crafty Cockney porter Percy; and ancient signalman Bradshaw - not to mention his nemesis, Phineas Perkins, who manages the station one stop down the line.

This collection includes all 21 episodes of the classic comedy, many of which were thought lost but were recently rediscovered and restored for fans to enjoy once more. Included are: 'The Royal Train', 'The Market Special', 'The Postal Express', 'The Beauty Queen Contest', 'The Inspector Calls', 'The 1890 Rocket', 'The Excursion', 'Cricket, Lovely Cricket', 'Who’ll Be Mother?', ' The Concert', 'Goodbye Parsley Sidings', 'Pass the Parcel', 'The Flower Show', 'The Entente Cordiale', 'A Night Out', 'The Goods Train', 'A Bird in the Hand', 'The Purity League', 'The New Level Crossing', 'The Film Makers', and 'The Secret Agent'.

Starring Arthur Lowe as Horace, Ian Lavender as Bert, Kenneth Connor as Percy and Liz Fraser as Gloria, with guest stars including Elizabeth Morgan, Pat Coombs, Bill Pertwee and Roger Delgado.

Please note: Due to the archive nature of this recording sound quality may vary and that some of the humour in this programme reflects the era in which it was first broadcast.

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Wonderful period comedy

Great comic actors from time gone past about the railway as it used to be in rural locations

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Easy listening comedy

No-one swears and Bradshaw has some good lines. All in all good all round.

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Comedy gold

Such a pleasure to listen to this comedy gold great cast and well delivered highly recommended

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Comedy

A good comedy with a strong cast of well known names. The series stars Liz Fraser , Arthur Lowe, Kennth Connor and Ian lavender.

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Comedy at its best

Love this Arthur Lowe at his very best and anything with Kenneth Connor in it worth listening to more comedy like this on audible please I discovered this and it sticks out half a mile another with Arthur Lowe and dad's army stalwarts john le mesurier bill pertwee and Ian lavender both great comedies I love BBC comedies

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Railway Life

This recording was funny. It is good British humour at it's best.
well done Thanks

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hilarious

loved it ,easy listening ,very relaxing and funny ,made me laugh more than once,thank you

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Parsley Sidings

Great story line and very comical. How this station managed to stay open is amazing due to the seemingly lack of passengers, though going by the staffs tricks prohaps they sent Beaching around the molberry bush. Although this is a radio series it would be great if it could be made into a TV series though a new cast wold have to be found.

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LOVELY OLD COMEDY SITCOM

Loved all of the stories . Kenneth Connor's voices were hilarious . Well done cast

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A great cast

Big radio fan here, Dads Army, M from the M etc and this didn’t disappoint. First time I’ve heard it and I really enjoyed it.

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