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The Beauty Queen Contest

Episode 3 of 10

Glamorous announcer Gloria is pressured into promoting the sleepy station. Stars Arthur Lowe and Liz Fraser. From December 1971.

Parsley Sidings' glamorous announcer Gloria Simpkins is pressured into promoting the sleepy station.

Starring Arthur Lowe and Ian Lavender.

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

Horace Hepplewhite …. Arthur Lowe
Bert Hepplewhite …. Ian Lavender
Percy Valentine/Bradshaw/The Vicar …. Kenneth Connor
Gloria Simpkins …. Liz Fraser

Re-created announcements …. Keith Skues

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2 in December 1971.

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