Copyright remains with the original holder, no reproduction without permission. Photos from Gail Herbert. Gail was the PA on ‘On Her Majesty’s Service’.
‘On Her Majesty’s Service’ was a drama pilot made by John King’s department in 1988, which never went out. It depicted life in a British army camp during the era of National Service.
Tim Manning, who worked on the pilot added this information: “This was a comedy drama pilot about National Service, which starred Keith Barron. It was lovingly made, involving nearly everyone in John King’s LE team (script by members of it, too), but though a full pilot was commissioned, the series wasn’t. I can’t remember whether it coincided with a change of BBC1 Controller; and you have to bear in mind too that there was fierce competition from London departments for slots for this kind of thing.”
Some of the filming took place on the Severn Valley Railway, as shown in the photos.
