On film

A good chum recently sent me some words and pictures about the BBC series "Shoestring". Some of the scenes were shot on the West Somerset Railway. The unlikely private detective, Eddie Shoestring, is seen at Williton, Stogumber and Bishops Lydeard Stations, and also some on-train pieces too. Over the years, quite a few TV and film shots took place on the line. The most notable is surely the Beatles visit during the filming of "A Hard Days Night" when Ringo famously rode that bike along the down platform at Crowcombe. But returning to Shoestring, I wonder if Trevor Eve remembers his trips down to West Somerset in the days when the Railway really did need every penny it could earn from such commissions.