A little East Coast game

[Spaceflower]

http://www.eastcoast.co.uk/Welcome-landing/Vic-Video/

East Coast advert featuring Vic Reeves. In order shown on the video, what are the locations featured?

I'll start;
the first location is the viaduct at Durham just south west of the station. In the background is the Crossgate area of the city.

Here's another featuring Rory Bremner;
http://www.eastcoast.co.uk/Welcome-landing/Rory-Bremners-first-impressions/

 

[43106]

I think Vic Reeves (nee Jim Moir) is an occasional user of the East Coast Main Line. I remember back in 2002 or 2003 I was on an Edinburgh - London service on a Sunday, and he wandered up to the A-coach for (I assume) a fag, then wandered back 10 mins later. I THINK he now lives in Kent.

 

[DaveNewcastle]

The church at about 0min 53sec is the isolated Chapel of St Andrew at Woodwalton between Peterborough and Huntingdon.

 

[gordonthemoron]

Vic, Bob and the actor who played Brian Tilsley in Corrie all used to live in Darlo, as did I
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Darlington station at the end, from the south. Some continuity errors perhaps?

 

[ReverendFozz]

Thought Bob Mortimer was a smoggie

 

[gordonthemoron]

Thought Bob Mortimer was a smoggie

maybe, Brian Tilsley isn't originally from Darlo either and neither am I

 

[Welshman]

No idea about the street view and the general country views, but isn't the last viaduct Welwyn Viaduct?

 

[DaveNewcastle]

. . . . isn't the last viaduct Welwyn Viaduct?

Is it? I'm really not sure, but I don't recall seeing that sports field under the Wewyn viaduct. I was thinking it might have been the Wear viaduct but I don't recall seeing a sports field there either! Just agricultural fields. I don't know.
The street view at 1min 03sec is possibly terraces in Gateshead.
I guess the curve at 0min 48sec is near Tursdale in County Durham.

There's an ironic twist to the ad's direction. The man wearing spectacles who is being drawn on the clip-board pad appears also to be drawing on his own pad.

 

[Spaceflower]

The curve at 48 secs I don't think is Tursdale, having cycled there alot, though I could be wrong.
However I am definitely sure the viaduct is not Burngill (Wear viaduct) as I fish under it alot and there is no sports field there.
Thinking the same for the street view being Gateshead though.

 

[DarloRich]

1.02 look like Low Fell in Gateshead ( cant recall the street - used to have distant relatives round there!)

1.10 looks like Digswell Viaduct

I dont think it is Darlo right at the very end - in fact i think it is Kings Cross!

48 seconds - somewhere near Hadley Wood?

 

[Marton]

I dont think it is Darlo right at the very end - in fact i think it is Kings Cross!

It most definitely is Darlo, it even says it on the sign!

 

[DarloRich]

it isnt - the clocks are wrong and the station furniture is wrong. Right at the end when he is walking down the platform @ 1.35 - if it is Darlo he is going the wrong way to get out!

 

[ainsworth74]

Yeah I agree with DarloRich those last few seconds are definitely not Darlington.

 

[DarloRich]

Do you think it is Kings Cross? I cant think of anywhere else with a roof and the electrication poles on the platform in a square format! ( really have spent to much time going up and down the ECML!)

 

[flymo]

I think there is a little confusion about the end of the video, some bits are Darlington, some bits are not.

1:31 - 1:33 the train is most certainly pulling into Darlington station P4 from the south. You can even see the wires on the main line passing the station.

1:33 to 1:35 the station sign says Darlington so I am pretty sure that is Darlington.

The very last seconds 1:35 - 1:36 doesn't look like Darlington to me, not exactly sure where that is.

That's my take on it anyway.

 

[Spaceflower]

I think there is a little confusion about the end of the video, some bits are Darlington, some bits are not.

1:31 - 1:33 the train is most certainly pulling into Darlington station P4 from the south. You can even see the wires on the main line passing the station.

1:33 to 1:35 the station sign says Darlington so I am pretty sure that is Darlington.

The very last seconds 1:35 - 1:36 doesn't look like Darlington to me, not exactly sure where that is.

That's my take on it anyway.

Totally agree with the above. I'd definitely go with Kings Cross for the last one. Certainly couldn't be many other places.

 

[Real Ale Rider]

I'd third the comment about the last minutes of the video NOT being Darlington. For a start it's too busy!

I do like the bit at 1.32 coming into Darlo though, because you can see the brick building that's Matalan and over the road from there is my house.

 

[DarloRich]

I'd third the comment about the last minutes of the video NOT being Darlington. For a start it's too busy!

I do like the bit at 1.32 coming into Darlo though, because you can see the brick building that's Matalan and over the road from there is my house.

I used to live round the corner! Small world!