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Oh, Doctor Beeching!

Index Oh, Doctor Beeching!

Oh, Doctor Beeching! is a BBC television sitcom written by David Croft and Richard Spendlove which, after a broadcast pilot on 14 August 1995, ran for two series from 8 July 1996, with the last episode being broadcast on 28 September 1997. [1]

49 relations: Acorn DVD, Ammunition dump, Arley railway station, Barbara New, BBC One, BBC Television, Beeching cuts, Branch line, British sitcom, Cleaner, Conductor (rail), David Croft (TV producer), English language in Northern England, Felix Bowness, Fireman (steam engine), Great Central Railway (heritage railway), Hi-de-Hi!, Hugh Lloyd, Inspector, Ivor Roberts (actor), Jeffrey Holland, John Stevenson (scriptwriter), Julia Deakin, List of fictional railway stations, LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0, Mayor, Music hall, Oh, Mr Porter!, On the Buses, Paul Shane, Perry Benson, Pink, Porter (railroad), Richard Spendlove, Sally Grace, Severn Valley Railway, Shell (projectile), Sherrie Hewson, Signalman (rail), Station master, Stephen Lewis (actor), Su Pollard, Undergarment, United States Army, Upper Arley, Will Hay, Windsor Davies, World War II, You Rang, M'Lord?.

Acorn DVD

Acorn DVD is a trading name of RLJE International Ltd, a British company that publishes and distributes DVDs, as well as selling home-video products and streaming videos with a particular focus on British television.

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Ammunition dump

An ammunition depot, ammunition supply point (ASP), ammunition handling area (AHA), ammunition dump, is a military storage facility for live ammunition and explosives.

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Arley railway station

Arley railway station is a station on the Severn Valley Railway heritage line in Worcestershire, situated just over the River Severn from the village of Upper Arley; a footbridge crosses the river to link the station to the village.

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Barbara New

Barbara New (9 May 1923 – 24 May 2010) was an English character actress, well known for playing Mabel the scullery maid in the David Croft sitcom You Rang M'Lord?.

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BBC One

BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

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BBC Television

BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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Beeching cuts

The Beeching cuts (also Beeching Axe) were a reduction of route network and restructuring of the railways in Great Britain, according to a plan outlined in two reports, The Reshaping of British Railways (1963) and The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes (1965), written by Dr Richard Beeching and published by the British Railways Board.

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Branch line

A branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line.

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British sitcom

A British sitcom or a Britcom is a situation comedy programme produced for British television.

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Cleaner

A cleaner is a type of industrial or domestic worker who cleans homes or commercial premises for payment.

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Conductor (rail)

A conductor (American and Canadian English) or guard (Commonwealth English) is a train crew member responsible for operational and safety duties that do not involve actual operation of the train.

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David Croft (TV producer)

Major David John Croft OBE (born David John Andrew Sharland; 7 September 1922 – 27 September 2011) was an English writer, producer and director.

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English language in Northern England

The English language in Northern England has been shaped by the region's history of settlement and migration, and today encompasses a group of related dialects known as Northern England English (or, simply, Northern English in the United Kingdom).

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Felix Bowness

Felix Bowness (30 March 1922 – 13 September 2009) was an English comedy actor best remembered for his portrayal of the jockey Fred Quilley in the BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi!.

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Fireman (steam engine)

Fireman or stoker is the job title for someone whose job is to tend the fire for the running of a boiler, to heat a building, power a steam engine, etc.

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Great Central Railway (heritage railway)

The Great Central Railway (GCR) is a heritage railway in Leicestershire, named after the company that originally built this stretch of railway.

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Hi-de-Hi!

Hi-de-Hi! is a BBC television sitcom shown on BBC1 from 1 January 1980 to 30 January 1988.

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Hugh Lloyd

Hugh Lewis Lloyd, MBE (22 April 1923 – 14 July 2008) was an English actor who made his name in television and film comedy from the 1960s to the 1980s.

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Inspector

Inspector is both a police rank and an administrative position, both used in a number of contexts.

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Ivor Roberts (actor)

Ivor Roberts (19 July 1925 – 5 September 1999) was an English actor and a television continuity announcer who often appeared in comedic roles.

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Jeffrey Holland

Jeffrey Holland (born Jeffrey Michael Parkes, 17 July 1946) is an English actor well known for roles in television sitcoms, playing camp comic at the Maplin's holiday camp in Hi-de-Hi!, as well as BBC Radio comedy, including Week Ending.

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John Stevenson (scriptwriter)

John Stevenson (born 1937) is a British writer who since 1976 has been a regular script writer on Britain's longest running soap opera, Coronation Street.

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Julia Deakin

Julia Deakin (born 1952) is an English actress.

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List of fictional railway stations

This is a list of fictional railway stations, (as opposed to genuine railway stations portrayed in fictional works or context).

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LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 is a class of steam locomotive designed for light mixed traffic.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor (from the Latin maior, meaning "bigger") is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Music hall

Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was popular from the early Victorian era circa 1850 and lasting until 1960.

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Oh, Mr Porter!

Oh, Mr Porter! is a 1937 British comedy film starring Will Hay with Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt and directed by Marcel Varnel.

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On the Buses

On the Buses is a British sitcom that was broadcast on ITV from 1969 to 1973.

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Paul Shane

Paul Shane (19 June 1940 – 16 May 2013) was an English comedian and actor known for his television work, in particular playing Ted Bovis in Hi-de-Hi! a sitcom on the BBC in the 1980s.

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Perry Benson

Perry Benson (born 9 April 1961, London) is an English character actor best known for his regular roles in British television sitcoms You Rang, M'Lord? (1988–93), Oh, Doctor Beeching! (1995–97) and Operation Good Guys (1997–2000).

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Pink

Pink is a pale red color that is named after a flower of the same name.

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Porter (railroad)

A porter is a railway employee.

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Richard Spendlove

Richard Spendlove MBE (born Carlton, Nottinghamshire 16 June 1939) is a British radio producer/presenter and television writer.

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Sally Grace

Sally Grace is an English actress, who has worked extensively on radio, television and in animation.

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Severn Valley Railway

The Severn Valley Railway is a heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England.

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Shell (projectile)

A shell is a payload-carrying projectile that, as opposed to shot, contains an explosive or other filling, though modern usage sometimes includes large solid projectiles properly termed shot.

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Sherrie Hewson

Sherrie Lynn Hutchinson (born 17 September 1950) is an English actor, presenter, broadcaster, television personality and novelist.

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Signalman (rail)

A signalman or signaller is an employee of a railway transport network who operates the points and signals from a signal box in order to control the movement of trains.

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Station master

The station master (or stationmaster) is the person in charge of a railway station, particularly in the United Kingdom and many other countries outside North America.

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Stephen Lewis (actor)

Stephen Lewis (17 December 1926 – 12 August 2015), credited early in his career as Stephen Cato, was an English actor, comedian, director, screenwriter, and playwright.

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Su Pollard

Susan Georgina "Su" Pollard (born 7 November 1949 in Nottingham) is an English comedy actress and singer, most famous for her roles in the sitcoms Hi-de-Hi!, You Rang, M'Lord? and Oh, Doctor Beeching!.

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Undergarment

Undergarments are items of clothing worn beneath outer clothes, usually in direct contact with the skin, although they may comprise more than a single layer.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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Upper Arley

Upper Arley is a village and civil parish near Kidderminster in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England.

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Will Hay

Hay in ''The Ghost of St. Michael's'' (1941) William Thomson Hay (6 December 1888 – 18 April 1949) was an English comedian, actor, author, film director and amateur astronomer who came to notice for his theatrical sketch as a jocular schoolmaster, known as Dr.

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Windsor Davies

Windsor Davies (born 28 August 1930) is a retired British actor who acted in many films and TV shows between 1964 and 2004.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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You Rang, M'Lord?

You Rang M'Lord? is a BBC television sitcom written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, the creators of Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Hi-de-Hi! It was broadcast between 1990 and 1993 on the BBC (although there had earlier been a pilot episode in 1988).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh,_Doctor_Beeching!

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