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The Secret Agent

Episode 10 of 10

Stationmaster Hepplewhite is warned to expect a VIP, but events take a surprising turn. Stars Arthur Lowe. From December 1973.

Stationmaster Horace Hepplewhite is warned to expect a VIP at Parsley Sidings, but events take a surprising turn...

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
Valentine/ Bradshaw/Updike/Train Driver, …. Kenneth Connor
Gloria Simpkins …. Liz Fraser
Prince Abdul …. John Baddeley

Recorded off-air and returned to the BBC archive.

Producer: Edward Taylor.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1973.

30 minutes

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