Oh, Doctor Beeching!

Oh, Doctor Beeching!
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Created byDavid Croft
Richard Spendlove
Written byDavid Croft
Richard Spendlove
John Stevenson
Paul Minett
Brian Leveson
John Chapman
Directed byRoy Gould
StarringPaul Shane
Jeffrey Holland
Su Pollard
Julia Deakin
Stephen Lewis
Perry Benson
Barbara New
Terry John
Paul Aspden
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes20 (including pilot) (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producerDavid Croft
ProducersDavid Croft
Charles Garland
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release14 August 1995 (1995-08-14) –
28 September 1997 (1997-09-28)
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Oh, Doctor Beeching! is a BBC television sitcom, written by David Croft and Richard Spendlove, and produced for the BBC. After a pilot for the programme was broadcast in August 1995, full production was green-lighted, with the sitcom running for two series from 8 July 1996 to 28 September 1997.[1] The series focuses on the lives of the staff who run the fictional station of Hatley on a rural branch line who find themselves looking for the means to keep their station open in the wake of news that Dr. Richard Beeching has promoted plans for the closing of many branch lines and their respective stations.

Filming of the sitcom included exterior shots taken at Arley railway station on the Severn Valley Railway. The series was the last of three comedies that Croft co-wrote to feature many of the same actors from his previous works of Hi-de-Hi! and You Rang, M'Lord?, and the last full series sitcom for him to create. Despite good initial viewing figures, the show was axed after two series following extensive problems competing with other programming on the BBC.

  1. ^ "BBC - Comedy Guide - Oh, Doctor Beeching!". Archived from the original on 8 December 2004.