Stackton Tressel

Stackton Tressel is a fictional, archetypical English village.

Originally featuring at the 1974 Edinburgh Festival on then on the London stage [:http://www.its-behind-you.com/doubleacts.html] the exploits of its most notable residents, Doctor Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket, were broadcast by the BBC – by both radio and televisual means – during the 1970s and 1980s.

The radio series included [:http://www.its-behind-you.com/doubleacts.html] :
*1978/9 "The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket"
*1983/9 "The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket"
*1990 "At Home with Hinge and Bracket" [ [http://epguides.com/AtHomewithHingeandBracket/ At Home with Hinge and Bracket (a Guests and Air Dates Guide) ] ]

There were 21 episodes of "Dear Ladies", as the BBC TV programme was called, broadcast for the first time in 1983/4 [ [http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/dear/index.html Dear Ladies (Summary/Cast) ] ] . The writers were George Logan and Patrick Fyffe, who played the title parts, plus Gyles Brandreth.

Stackton Tressel (or simply Stackton) was said to be in Suffolk though location filming for the TV Series of Dear Ladies took place in the Cheshire towns and villages of Knutsford, Great Budworth and Nantwich.

References

External links

* [http://www.hingeandbracket-official.co.uk/stackton_tressel_then_and_now.htm Stackton Tressel Then & Now]
* [http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/dear/ Short details]