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| Thread ID: 126314 | 2012-08-20 10:20:00 | Great British Railway Journeys | John H (8) | PC World Chat |
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| 1295654 | 2012-08-20 10:20:00 | Given that there seem to be a considerable number of English migrants on the forum, I thought I would post this - it may interest the expats . I have recently come across a TV series called Great British Railway Journeys - there are a huge number of episodes (from several series) on YouTube . I have already downloaded a heap of them on to a USB stick, and they play very well on our telly - crisp quality, given their origin . I downloaded them at 720p - not sure if that is the best way to do it? The series follows different railway journeys as described in George Bradshaw's guides from the mid-19thC . Unfortunately the host is Michael Portillo who was one of Thatcher's bumboys, but to give him credit, he listened to the howls of protest and recommended to Cabinet that the Settle to Carlisle line be saved from destruction, so he can't be all bad . He is pretty wince-inducing at times, but there is so much of interest in the programmes that you can ignore him if he offends . The series isn't just about the railways themselves - it looks at the influence the railways had on the development of 19thC Britain, e . g . from the spas at Harrogate to the cotton industry in Manchester and even the spread of fish and chips to inland towns and villages . . . It goes at a reasonably measured pace, so there is plenty of useful content (unlike the offerings of that Kiwi prat who did the North, South, and Antarctica series that were so superficial and irritating) . Apologies if this is yesterday's fish and chips wrapper to you, but Herself and I have really been enjoying what we have seen thus far . |
John H (8) | ||
| 1295655 | 2012-08-20 10:24:00 | Englands biggest railway repair yard was at the bottom of my schools playing field, when it closed in the early 80's thousands of rail workers lost their jobs, now the high speed link to Paris goes past there instead. I watched a few of those programs when they came out in the 90's as I was still living over there then | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1295656 | 2012-08-20 11:11:00 | Good grief - I had no idea they were from the 90's Gary. This really is old news. | John H (8) | ||
| 1295657 | 2012-08-20 22:33:00 | Yes I am interested - thanks John H. I checked on YouTube and the quality was excellent on the one I saw (720p). We take our media player on holiday (to watch at night in the motel) and the railways could be a good change from TimeTeam I discovered a series on England's canals, The Waterboatman. It's Alan Herd travelling the Stourport Ring. I managed to get the last 17 episodes but missed 1 - 3. You've given me the idea of possibly getting them from YouTube. I like the canals because they go places you don't normally see. Also things happen slowly. Languid comes to mind |
BBCmicro (15761) | ||
| 1295658 | 2012-08-20 23:25:00 | Watched the first 5 of 20 so far, really enjoying them and the places he goes and things he sees. A good series, thanks for posting John. Thanks BBCmicro, I'm going to have a look for the canal ones also, sounds interesting. | Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1295659 | 2012-08-20 23:57:00 | Glad you both enjoyed them - given that they are so old (!) I began to think that maybe most who were interested would have seen them already. Yes, a mine of info in those films. Especially nice to see places that Herself and I have been to on our two trips to Britain (e.g. the pub at the Ribblehead Viaduct, and Saltaire), and be reminded of happy trips and good beer, and of course to get more background info than we knew about at the time. Time Team has been a great pleasure for us both, but they have recycled the darned thing so many times on Sky... Sky had a promo last week saying there was a new series starting on Monday (yesterday) - we tuned in only to find that Robinson and the Prof had grown lots of new hair, and they were both much slimmer... Oh, oh, I don't think that even archaeologists can do that. Did you know that Bridget is sometimes on National Radio these days? She has come back to NZ and has a regular column on steam radio. That way you don't get to see her muffin tops, but her lovely personality still comes through! I have seen a few of The Waterboatman episodes on Sky, but very few, so I will follow that up on UTube. Thanks BBCmicro. |
John H (8) | ||
| 1295660 | 2012-08-21 09:51:00 | The one program I really miss and I wish it was on Prime instead of Sky is Time Team with Tony Robinson (aka Baldric) quite a few of the digs they did were around where I grew up | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1295661 | 2012-08-21 09:57:00 | Sounds interesting. I will have to check it out | Greven (91) | ||
| 1295662 | 2012-08-21 09:59:00 | Its channel 4 though not BBC | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1295663 | 2012-08-21 11:45:00 | Excellent series but not THAT old. Series 1 was first shown in Jan 2010. |
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