The Train Now Standing The Train Now Standing The Train Now Standing is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1972 to 1973. Set in a quiet country railway station, the series starred Bill Fraser, known by that point for playing Smudge in the sitcoms "The Army Game" and "Bootsie and Snudge". The outdoor scenes for "The Train Now Standing" were filmed at the then disused Bodiam railway station in East Sussex. War veteran Hedley Green has been the station master of Burberry Halt railway station for 30 years. It is a quiet, run-down country station on the Milchester line that sees three
Patricia Hayes Patricia Hayes Patricia Lawlor Hayes, OBE (22 December 1909 – 19 September 1998) was an English BAFTA Television Award-winning character actress. Hayes was born in Streatham, London, the daughter of George Frederick Hayes and Florence Alice Hayes. Her father was a clerk in the civil service and her mother was a schoolmistress. As a child, Hayes attended the Sacred Heart School in Wandsworth. She was featured in many radio and television comedy shows between 1940 and 1996, including "Hancock's Half Hour", "Ray's a Laugh", "The Arthur Askey Show", "The Benny Hill Show", "Bootsie and Snudge", "Hugh and I" and "Till