Love on a Branch Line - 2-DVD Set ( Love on a Branch Line (4 Episodes) )

Love on a Branch Line - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Love on a Branch Line (4 Episodes)
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
198 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1994 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Martyn Friend

Written By:
John Hadfield
David Nobbs

Actors:
Michael Maloney ..... Jasper Pye (unknown episodes)
Leslie Phillips ..... Lord Flamborough (unknown episodes)
Maria Aitken ..... Lady Flamborough (unknown episodes)
Graham Crowden ..... Professor Pollux (unknown episodes)
Stephen Moore ..... Quirk (unknown episodes)
Amanda Root ..... Miss Mounsey (unknown episodes)
David Haig ..... Lionel Virley (unknown episodes)
Cathryn Harrison ..... Chloe (unknown episodes)
Abigail Cruttenden ..... Belinda (unknown episodes)
Charlotte Williams ..... Matilda (unknown episodes)
Gillian Raine ..... Miss Tidy (unknown episodes)
Joe Melia ..... Mr. Jones (unknown episodes)
Maggie Wells ..... Dimple Potts (unknown episodes)
Jennifer Piercey ..... Mrs. Pye (unknown episodes)
Peter Blythe ..... Mark Fairweather (unknown episodes)
Emma Bernard ..... Deirdre (unknown episodes)
Vivienne Burgess ..... Elderly Lady (unknown episodes)
Hannah Chesswell ..... Girl with Pony Tail (unknown episodes)
Nicholas Blane ..... Porter (unknown episodes)
Ken Sharrock ..... Charley Aspall (unknown episodes)
Walter Sparrow ..... Chitty Buckthorn (unknown episodes)
Simon Gregor ..... Ozzie Tipton (unknown episodes)
John Straiton ..... Jake (unknown episodes)
David Shimwell ..... Jimmy (unknown episodes)
Marlene Sidaway ..... Rita's Mum (unknown episodes)

Synopsis:

Leslie Phillips and Michael Maloney star in this BBC adaptation of John Hadfield's 1959 comic novel, Love On A Branch Line. The series concerns a civil servant, Jasper Pye (Maloney), who is sent by the government to dismantle a forgotten research unit housed in an old country mansion, Arcady Hall. The owner Lord Flamborough (Phillips), an eccentric double amputee, lives in an old train on his own, otherwise closed, 'branch line' while the government pay for the upkeep of his ancestral home. Flamborough's equally eccentric family, his wife and three daughters all live in Arcady Hall. When Pye arrives he is intent on producing an efficient report regarding the unit, however within days he falls under the spell of the stately home and its inhabitants...

Jasper is the perfect English Civil Servant - polite and refined. But to his girl friend, and even to himself, he is a bore. So he decides to become a painter in Paris. Not so fast. The powers-that-be send him to the country to dismantle a forgotten research unit which is headquartered in an old mansion. The eccentric owner lives in a railway train, on his own 'branch line', letting the government pay for the upkeep of his ancestral home. The small research unit enjoys running the stately home and everyone is content with the status quo. Enter Jasper who quickly meets Lord Flamborough's three daughters, who, in one way or another contrive to make Jasper feel very much at home. Jasper's life is turned upside down, and he must eventually decide where his own personal future will lie.

Season 1
Yes Sir, That's My Baby S1, Ep1 12 Jun. 1994
I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight S1, Ep2 19 Jun. 1994
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby S1, Ep3 26 Jun. 1994
Ain't She Sweet S1, Ep4 3 Jul. 1994

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 13 March, 2014.