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
Marty Feldman "Bootsie and Snudge" (1960–62), both situation comedies made by Granada Television for the ITV network. For BBC radio they wrote "Round the Horne" (1964–67), their best-remembered comedy series, which starred Kenneth Horne and Kenneth Williams. (The last season of "Round the Horne" in 1968 was written by others.) This work placed Feldman and Took "in the front rank of comedy writers," according to Denis Norden. Feldman then became the chief writer and script editor on "The Frost Report" (1966–67). He co-wrote the much-shown "Class" sketch with John Law, in which John Cleese, Ronnie Barker, and Ronnie Corbett faced the audience,