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
Barry Took Sunday, 2002 in a nursing home in Enfield, Middlesex. Barry Took Barry Took (19 June 192831 March 2002) was an English writer, television presenter and comedian. His decade and a half writing partnership with Marty Feldman led to the television series "Bootsie and Snudge" and the radio comedy "Round the Horne" and other projects. He is also remembered in the UK for presenting "Points of View", a BBC Television programme featuring viewers' letters on the BBC's output, and the BBC Radio 4 programme "The News Quiz". The son of a manager at the Danish Bacon Company, Took was born somewhere