Ghost Train

	Ghost Train
	1990 - 1992 (ITV Summer)
	with: Frances Dodge Angelo Abela (Gerard) Paul J Medford Nobby the Sheep Sabra Williams The Vicious Boys Sandi Toksvig

A kind of cross between Get Fresh and No. 73 - i.e. it was set outdoors and moved around t'country (a mobile funfair this time), and there was also an attempt an ongoing storyline.
While a jolly enough programme, it cannot be denied that the set-up was a tad crap, and the acting in the 'dramatic' scenes understandably unconvincing. It was something to do with the cast being chased all over the shop by a black-garbed villain. Yeah, great.
You think I'm exaggerating? Here's the plot, as described in TV Times: "Frances has inherited the Ghost Train. With the help of her mates Paul and Sabra she sneaks it from the grasp of the evil Barry Mafia and makes her escape. Inside is a startled Gerard, the aliens' favourite broadcaster. They are afraid, very afraid, for Barry Mafia is after them." Clearly a winning formula!
Amazingly, Paul J Medford was even less believable here than as EastEnders' Kelvin Carpenter.
To add insult to injury for No. 73 fans, the show even featured brief appearances by Sandi Toksvig (in a segment called "The Impro Show" - like a cross between Whose Line is it Anyway and The Sandwich Quiz).
Nobby the Sheep retained a smidgeon of Gilbert's attitude, but in the main he was a harbinger of the new generation of 'cool' puppets - what with his leather jacket and green mohican.
Like Edd the Duck before him, Nobby acquired his mohican late in the day (well, a couple of months into the first series).
Also featured Bugs Bunny, The Real Ghostbusters.