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The Beauty Queen Contest

Parsley Sidings Series 1
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 train 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 鈥�. Arthur Lowe
Bert Heplewhite 鈥�. Ian Lavender
Percy Valentine/Bradshaw/The Vicar 鈥�. Kenneth Connor
Gloria Simpkins 鈥�. Liz Fraser

Missing original announcements re-created for 大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra by Keith Skues.

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 2 in December 1971.

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