An old man, Mr. Nicholas (Lloyd Bridges), enters the station carrying a Christmas tree with Harry's cousin Tucker Cupper (Ardon Bess), and immediately knows everything about Stacy Jones (Didi Conn) from when she was a little girl.
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The show became an instant success on British television and in 1989 it was released as Shining Time Station in the United States on the PBS channel and proved equally as popular.
After Fraggle Rock, in addition to returning as Doc in A Muppet Family Christmas, Parkes continued to work in children's television, guest starring as alcoholic photographer Phil (opposite Sesame Park puppeteer Nina Keogh) on the TVOntario puppet series Today's Special, and appearing regularly on PBS's Shining Time Station as store owner Barton Winslow.
Thomas the Tank Engine's Shining Time Station takes place on the fictitious Indian Valley Railroad.
KidVision was founded as a division of A*Vision Entertainment, later WarnerVision Entertainment in 1993 and started distributing videos in 1994 with The Magic School Bus, Shining Time Station, Kidsongs and the Real Wheels series.