King Street Junior

King Street Junior was a Radio Comedy about a junior school aired by the BBC from March 1985 to November 1998. A continuation of the series renamed King Street Junior Revisited started in 2002 and continued until 2005. The series is written by Jim Eldridge.

The cast has included Peter Davison, James Grout and Karl Howman.

All series have been repeated on BBC 7.

RadioHaha Summary

"An unassuming Radio 4 institution, this character sitcom-cum-light drama serial followed the working lives of a group of teachers at a small junior school in a multiracial area, and came from the pen of Jim Eldridge, himself a former teacher." [http://www.angelfire.com/pq/radiohaha/KINGSTJU.html 1]

Source:Radiohaha, the online encyclopaedia of contemporary British radio comedy

Cast

*Eric Brown - Peter Davison
*Mr. Beeston - James Grout
*Philip Sims - Karl Howman
*Mr. Holliday - Tom Watson
*Mrs. Stone - Margaret John
*Mrs. Rudd - Vivienne Martin
*Mr. Long Paul Copley

Episodes

eries 1

Broadcast in 1985The cast included Peter Davison as Eric Brown.
James Grout as headmaster Mr. Beeston.

All episodes wrote by Jim Eldridge

eries 2

Broadcast in 1987

eries 3

Broadcast in 1988. Peter Davison's character is no longer in the show, from here on is Karl Howman as Philip Sims.

eries 4

eries 5

Broadcast in 1990

eries 6

eries 7

Broadcast in 1992

*Back In The Jug Again
*Witch Hunt
*Is There A Father Christmas?
*Fatal Attraction
*Horses For Courses
*Beside The Seaside
*Taking The Rap
*Endings & Beginnings

eries 8

Back after a few years in 1995

*Mr Chips - by Paul Copley
*Settling In
*Beginnings & Endings
*Left Out, Roped In
*Confusion - by Richard Stoneman

eries 9

*Responsibilities by Richard Stoneman
*Danger Zone by Jim Aldridge
*A Bridge To Afar by Paul Copley
*Relative Value by Andy Rashleigh
*With Love by Jim Eldridge
*Crossed Lines Richard Stoneman
*Financial Times by Paul Copley
*Gridlocked by Jim Eldridge

eries 10

Broadcast in 1998

*Proposals
*The Rivals
*Accusations
*Target Practice
*Incidental Music
*Final Thoughts
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References

*http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/comedy/kingstreet.html