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Paddington Station 24/7 - Channel 5

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I was half way through watching episode 4 on My5 when the link died, tried to restart and Episode 4 has been removed. One wonders if the Its a Joke man has complained and they've pulled the episode in its entirety?
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He's at the start of every episode though.
 
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Will episode 4 return to the My5 catchup site once episode 5 has aired? If it was pulled due to some content, why couldn't they just blur and/or bleep out whatever the offending content is?
 
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I've been enjoying the series. Of course there are little inconsistencies that people like us will notice, but the average viewer will be none the wiser. I think it's good that a documentary about the railways is being shown and people are getting an insight into what a complex system it actually is.

One thing I'm not sure about (and this isn't a criticism, it's more of a question) During the delays, when the staff were communicating to the customers, why didn't they put more of an emphasis that the delays were necessary for safety reasons. If I was one of the stranded people, I'd probably feel a little better if I knew that the delay was to ensure my safety and that it wouldn't be safe to travel until the fault was fixed. There didn't seem to be much emphasis on this. Is there any reason why not?
 
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MonsooN said:
I've been enjoying the series. Of course there are little inconsistencies that people like us will notice, but the average viewer will be none the wiser. I think it's good that a documentary about the railways is being shown and people are getting an insight into what a complex system it actually is.

One thing I'm not sure about (and this isn't a criticism, it's more of a question) During the delays, when the staff were communicating to the customers, why didn't they put more of an emphasis that the delays were necessary for safety reasons. If I was one of the stranded people, I'd probably feel a little better if I knew that the delay was to ensure my safety and that it wouldn't be safe to travel until the fault was fixed. There didn't seem to be much emphasis on this. Is there any reason why not?
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Because it is seen as a bulls##t excuse of 'elf and safety gone mad. And when you eventually cram on to an overcrowded train, where is looking after the passengers' safety then?
 
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Channel 5 have just replied to my email and confirmed that Episode 4 has been pulled from My 5 as a result of legal action.
 
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Strangely enough it has now reappeared on My5 so I'm busy watching it to see if anything has been cut upto where I got to when they pulled it last week
 
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Not sure the guy telling passengers with prebooked tickets to travel without collecting their tickets just showing the booking reference is quite right though
 
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Not sure the guy telling passengers with prebooked tickets to travel without collecting their tickets just showing the booking reference is quite right though
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That was only when the Henley Regatta was on though wasn't it?
 
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bad organisation already. Surely they knew a train was going to arrive just before the Queen's?
 
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bad organisation already. Surely they knew a train was going to arrive just before the Queen's?
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It was hardly "just before" though was it? Not really. As someone else has pointed out, hyped for effect.
 
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bad organisation already. Surely they knew a train was going to arrive just before the Queen's?
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Of course they did.

Producers of cheap TV programmes such as this pad it out with some artificially created drama.

The bit of real interest was the signalling centre ignoring the instruction not to run any trains past Hayes from 1330 onwards ('a line in the sand that they ignored' was how one bod described it), and instead ran a further two trains before the line could be declared clear and the UXB exploded.

True it only delayed things by a couple of minutes, but the impression given was that once the police (and I dare say an unseen military bomb disposal team) were ready to do the controlled explosion, they just wanted to get on with it and close the railway there and then - however they did co-operate and agreed to do the explosion at a set time, but their willingness to co-operate on such matters will be tested if the railway doesn't keep to their side of the bargain.
 
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Is there anything in episode 4 that's bleeped and/or blurred out that wasn't before?
 
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The bit of real interest was the signalling centre ignoring the instruction not to run any trains past Hayes from 1330 onwards ('a line in the sand that they ignored' was how one bod described it), and instead ran a further two trains before the line could be declared clear and the UXB exploded......
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Agreed. It was quite worrying that such a simple request was ignored. However, we were only getting one side of the story.
 
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Agreed. It was quite worrying that such a simple request was ignored. However, we were only getting one side of the story.
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Indeed so. However the frustration we saw from that side of the story, in the control room, seemed very real.

I guess it does show the confidence the signallers had in the procedure, in that they were sure nothing would happen at the UXB site until they gave the all-clear to the Network Rail Mobile Operations people on site. Nevertheless, I can see the possibility of a misunderstanding happening in such a situation, with the bomb disposal squad going ahead with a controlled explosion at the agreed time. Unlikely, but not completely implausible.
 
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Also re last nights episode I agree customer facing roles should expect some conflict and difficult customers. But sometimes the unnecessary rudeness of the general public baffles me. The guy in the pin stripe suit moaning about getting to Heathrow. No please or thank you when given the appropriate information. I would probably lose my job after a week telling someone to do one.
 
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