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* DescendedCreator: Series co-creator Richard Spendlove appeared in many episodes as Mr. Orkindale, the District Inspector.
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* CreatorCouple: Creator/IvorRoberts' wife Jessica played his onscreen wife (also named Jessica) in "The Van".
* TheDanza: Jessica Thomas from "The Van" was played by Jessica Roberts.
* TheDanza: Jessica Thomas from "The Van" was played by Jessica Roberts.
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* TheOtherDarrin: May Skinner was played by Creator/SherrieHewson in the unbroadcast pilot, and by Creator/JuliaDeakin in the series.
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* TheOtherDarrin: May Skinner was played by Creator/SherrieHewson in the unbroadcast pilot, {{Pilot}}, and by Creator/JuliaDeakin in the series.
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* TheOtherDarrin: May Skinner was played by Creator/SherrieHewson in the unbroadcast pilot, and by Julia Deakin in the series.
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* TheOtherDarrin: May Skinner was played by Creator/SherrieHewson in the unbroadcast pilot, and by Julia Deakin Creator/JuliaDeakin in the series.
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: Creator/PerryBenson was cast as Ralph, the trainee engine driver who was always too hard on the brakes. In reality, Benson had become a skilled engine driver throughout filming and could stop perfectly on any mark.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: David Croft had hoped for Jimmy Perry to co-write with him and Richard Spendlove, but Perry dropped off after a few days. He wasn't interested as he didn't like trains.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: Co-writer Richard Spendlove had been a railwayman, signaller, and stationmaster for thirty years.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: Co-writer Richard Spendlove had been a railwayman, signaller, and stationmaster for thirty years.
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Not trivia.
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* ActorAllusion:
** In "Pregnant Pause", Cecil Parkin finds Arnold and Ralph in a scuffle in the buffet and says he is trying to run an efficient station, not a holiday camp. ''Series/HiDeHi'', which also starred Creator/PaulShane, Creator/JeffreyHolland, and Creator/SuPollard, was set in a holiday camp.
** Ethel was also the name Lady Lavender kept calling Creator/SuPollard's character in ''Series/YouRangMLord''.
** In "Pregnant Pause", Cecil Parkin finds Arnold and Ralph in a scuffle in the buffet and says he is trying to run an efficient station, not a holiday camp. ''Series/HiDeHi'', which also starred Creator/PaulShane, Creator/JeffreyHolland, and Creator/SuPollard, was set in a holiday camp.
** Ethel was also the name Lady Lavender kept calling Creator/SuPollard's character in ''Series/YouRangMLord''.
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** In "Pregnant Pause", Cecil Parkin finds Arnold and Ralph in a scuffle in the buffet and says he is trying to run an efficient station, not a holiday camp. ''Series/HiDeHi'', which also starred Creator/PaulShane, Jeffrey Holland, and Creator/SuPollard, was set in a holiday camp.
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** In "Pregnant Pause", Cecil Parkin finds Arnold and Ralph in a scuffle in the buffet and says he is trying to run an efficient station, not a holiday camp. ''Series/HiDeHi'', which also starred Creator/PaulShane, Jeffrey Holland, Creator/JeffreyHolland, and Creator/SuPollard, was set in a holiday camp.
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** In "Pregnant Pause", Cecil Parkin finds Arnold and Ralph in a scuffle in the buffet and says he is trying to run an efficient station, not a holiday camp. ''Series/HiDeHi'', which also starred Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland, and Creator/SuPollard, was set in a holiday camp.
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** In "Pregnant Pause", Cecil Parkin finds Arnold and Ralph in a scuffle in the buffet and says he is trying to run an efficient station, not a holiday camp. ''Series/HiDeHi'', which also starred Paul Shane, Creator/PaulShane, Jeffrey Holland, and Creator/SuPollard, was set in a holiday camp.
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** In "Pregnant Pause", Cecil Parkin finds Arnold and Ralph in a scuffle in the buffet and says he is trying to run an efficient station, not a holiday camp. ''Series/HiDeHi'', which also starred Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland, and Su Pollard, was set in a holiday camp.
** Ethel was also the name Lady Lavender kept calling Su Pollard's character in ''Series/YouRangMLord''.
* TheOtherDarrin: May Skinner was played by Sherrie Hewson in the unbroadcast pilot, and by Julia Deakin in the series.
** Ethel was also the name Lady Lavender kept calling Su Pollard's character in ''Series/YouRangMLord''.
* TheOtherDarrin: May Skinner was played by Sherrie Hewson in the unbroadcast pilot, and by Julia Deakin in the series.
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** In "Pregnant Pause", Cecil Parkin finds Arnold and Ralph in a scuffle in the buffet and says he is trying to run an efficient station, not a holiday camp. ''Series/HiDeHi'', which also starred Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland, and Su Pollard, Creator/SuPollard, was set in a holiday camp.
** Ethel was also the name Lady Lavender kept callingSu Pollard's Creator/SuPollard's character in ''Series/YouRangMLord''.
* TheOtherDarrin: May Skinner was played bySherrie Hewson Creator/SherrieHewson in the unbroadcast pilot, and by Julia Deakin in the series.
** Ethel was also the name Lady Lavender kept calling
* TheOtherDarrin: May Skinner was played by
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* ActorAllusion: In "Pregnant Pause", Cecil Parkin finds Arnold and Ralph in a scuffle in the buffet and says he is trying to run an efficient station, not a holiday camp. ''Series/HiDeHi'', which also starred Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland, and Su Pollard, was set in a holiday camp.
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* ActorAllusion: ActorAllusion:
** In "Pregnant Pause", Cecil Parkin finds Arnold and Ralph in a scuffle in the buffet and says he is trying to run an efficient station, not a holiday camp. ''Series/HiDeHi'', which also starred Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland, and Su Pollard, was set in a holiday camp.
** In "Pregnant Pause", Cecil Parkin finds Arnold and Ralph in a scuffle in the buffet and says he is trying to run an efficient station, not a holiday camp. ''Series/HiDeHi'', which also starred Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland, and Su Pollard, was set in a holiday camp.
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** Ethel was also the name Lady Lavender kept calling Su Pollard's character in ''Series/YouRangMLord''.
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Whether these examples should be moved I'm not sure, but with HITG getting the axe, they certainly don't go here anymore.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Practically the entire cast consisted of comedy veterans who made contemporary audiences say, "Oh hey, isn't that...?"
** Leading trio Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland, and Su Pollard as Jack Skinner, Cecil Parkin, and Ethel Schumann had previously played Ted Bovis, Spike Dixon, and Peggy Ollerenshaw in ''Series/HiDeHi'', and later Alf Stokes, James Twelvetrees, and Ivy Teasdale in ''Series/YouRangMLord''.
** Other ''Series/YouRangMLord'' veterans included Barbara New (Vera), who had played charlady Mabel; Perry Benson (Ralph), who had played boot boy Henry; Ivor Roberts (Arnold), who had played recurring character Mr. Barnes; and Felix Bowness (Bernie Bleasdale), who had played recurring character Mr. Pearson and had also appeared in ''Series/HiDeHi'' as Fred Quilley.
** Stephen Lewis as Harry Lambert would have been familiar to 1990s audiences for his roles as Inspector Cyril "Blakey" Blake in ''Series/OnTheBuses'' (he even retained some of Blakey's vocal mannerisms) and Clem "[[IronicNickname Smiler]]" Hemmingway in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine''.
** In the series finale, the local mayor was played by Windsor Davies, whose previous roles included BSM Williams in David Croft's earlier series ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum''.
** Leading trio Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland, and Su Pollard as Jack Skinner, Cecil Parkin, and Ethel Schumann had previously played Ted Bovis, Spike Dixon, and Peggy Ollerenshaw in ''Series/HiDeHi'', and later Alf Stokes, James Twelvetrees, and Ivy Teasdale in ''Series/YouRangMLord''.
** Other ''Series/YouRangMLord'' veterans included Barbara New (Vera), who had played charlady Mabel; Perry Benson (Ralph), who had played boot boy Henry; Ivor Roberts (Arnold), who had played recurring character Mr. Barnes; and Felix Bowness (Bernie Bleasdale), who had played recurring character Mr. Pearson and had also appeared in ''Series/HiDeHi'' as Fred Quilley.
** Stephen Lewis as Harry Lambert would have been familiar to 1990s audiences for his roles as Inspector Cyril "Blakey" Blake in ''Series/OnTheBuses'' (he even retained some of Blakey's vocal mannerisms) and Clem "[[IronicNickname Smiler]]" Hemmingway in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine''.
** In the series finale, the local mayor was played by Windsor Davies, whose previous roles included BSM Williams in David Croft's earlier series ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum''.
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Whoops. The Concert Party in \"It Ain\'t Half Hot Mum\" were in the Royal Artillery, so Williams was a Battery Sergeant Major, not a Regimental Sergeant Major.
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** In the series finale, the local mayor was played by Windsor Davies, whose previous roles included RSM Williams in David Croft's earlier series ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum''.
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** In the series finale, the local mayor was played by Windsor Davies, whose previous roles included RSM BSM Williams in David Croft's earlier series ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum''.
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* ActorAllusion: In "Pregnant Pause", Cecil Parkin finds Arnold and Ralph in a scuffle in the buffet and says he is trying to run an efficient station, not a holiday camp. ''Series/HiDeHi'', which also starred Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland, and Su Pollard, was set in a holiday camp.
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** Stephen Lewis as Harry Lambert would have been familiar to 1990s audiences for his roles as Inspector Cyril "Blakey" Blake in ''Series/OnTheBuses'' (he even retained some of Blakey's vocal mannerisms) and Smiler in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine''.
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** Stephen Lewis as Harry Lambert would have been familiar to 1990s audiences for his roles as Inspector Cyril "Blakey" Blake in ''Series/OnTheBuses'' (he even retained some of Blakey's vocal mannerisms) and Smiler Clem "[[IronicNickname Smiler]]" Hemmingway in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine''.
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** In the series finale, the local mayor was played by Windsor Davies, whose previous roles included RSM Williams in David Croft's earlier series ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum''.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Practically the entire cast consisted of comedy veterans who made contemporary audiences say, "Oh hey, isn't that...?"
** Leading trio Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland, and Su Pollard as Jack Skinner, Cecil Parkin, and Ethel Schumann had previously played Ted Bovis, Spike Dixon, and Peggy Ollerenshaw in ''Series/HiDeHi'', and later Alf Stokes, James Twelvetrees, and Ivy Teasdale in ''Series/YouRangMLord''.
** Other ''Series/YouRangMLord'' veterans included Barbara New (Vera), who had played charlady Mabel; Perry Benson (Ralph), who had played boot boy Henry; Ivor Roberts (Arnold), who had played recurring character Mr. Barnes; and Felix Bowness (Bernie Bleasdale), who had played recurring character Mr. Pearson and had also appeared in ''Series/HiDeHi'' as Fred Quilley.
** Stephen Lewis as Harry Lambert would have been familiar to 1990s audiences for his roles as Inspector Cyril "Blakey" Blake in ''Series/OnTheBuses'' (he even retained some of Blakey's vocal mannerisms) and Smiler in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine''.
* TheOtherDarrin: May Skinner was played by Sherrie Hewson in the unbroadcast pilot, and by Julia Deakin in the series.
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** Leading trio Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland, and Su Pollard as Jack Skinner, Cecil Parkin, and Ethel Schumann had previously played Ted Bovis, Spike Dixon, and Peggy Ollerenshaw in ''Series/HiDeHi'', and later Alf Stokes, James Twelvetrees, and Ivy Teasdale in ''Series/YouRangMLord''.
** Other ''Series/YouRangMLord'' veterans included Barbara New (Vera), who had played charlady Mabel; Perry Benson (Ralph), who had played boot boy Henry; Ivor Roberts (Arnold), who had played recurring character Mr. Barnes; and Felix Bowness (Bernie Bleasdale), who had played recurring character Mr. Pearson and had also appeared in ''Series/HiDeHi'' as Fred Quilley.
** Stephen Lewis as Harry Lambert would have been familiar to 1990s audiences for his roles as Inspector Cyril "Blakey" Blake in ''Series/OnTheBuses'' (he even retained some of Blakey's vocal mannerisms) and Smiler in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine''.
* TheOtherDarrin: May Skinner was played by Sherrie Hewson in the unbroadcast pilot, and by Julia Deakin in the series.
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