TV alert: Great British Railway Journeys

[Madge Wildfire]

Some of the railway film clips they use are a bit random for a travelogue in East Anglia.

Last night they had what appeared to be a Schools class in Kent and a Duchess leaving Euston mixed in with the old branch line offerings.

But I suppose it is old and of a steam locomotive, so they assume most of the audience will not know the difference.

 

[merlodlliw]

Good Porto HD programme last evening enjoyed it, followed by Bradbury in HD,then the Prime Minister interviewed by ITN between Hereford & Manchester on an ATW 175, before alighting at Piccadilly.


Bob

 

[SS4]

That girl in the background just now was cute

on the platform at tower hill
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I wonder how much that cocktail would set him back normally

 

[pendolino]

Interesting programme this evening, I enjoyed that. A bit disappointing that he stood outside the Royal Exchange and didn't mention James Henry Greathead, pioneer of tunnelling and underground railway engineering, whose statue could be seen over the shoulder of the historian Portillo was interviewing!
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Anyhow, simplistic criticism over, and now on to the serious stuff. It is all very well Portillo fronting a series about "Great Railway Journeys" - but how much of the series actually features on the railways and not on the random and often remote places he visits?

I think you've got the wrong end of the stick as to what the programme's about.

 

[martin2345uk]

I quite enjoyed tonight's little ramble, especially with the old mail collecting carriage - made me remember that I used to have the working model of that on my train set when I was little, collected and deposited the mailbags it did!

Well it impressed me..

 

[ValleyLines142]

I quite enjoyed tonight's little ramble, especially with the old mail collecting carriage - made me remember that I used to have the working model of that on my train set when I was little, collected and deposited the mailbags it did!

Well it impressed me..

Where is he this week?

 

[ralphchadkirk]

Where is he this week?

Windsor - Weymouth via Slough and Winchester.

 

[devon_metro]

An episode from last week is currently top of the iPlayer 'Most Viewed' !!

 

[Tiny Tim]

The borderline obsessives who use this forum are quick to point out Mr Portillo's startling ability to depart on one train and arrive on another, but 99% of telly viewers can't tell the difference between a Pendolino and Mallard, so are unaffected by these apparently glaring errors. The reason these continuity problems arise is because they're only using one camera, and it can't be on the train with Mr Portaloo and on the platform waiting to greet him at his destination.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I missed the show today, and will miss it tomorrow as I'm out. But I did like yesterday's episode when he was on the Isle of Wight and when he went inside Eastleigh Depot.

And I must admit, I love his selection of bright jackets.

 

[Metroland]

Next week is Oxford to S Wales via Worcester, and the following week is Berwick to the Isle of Man via Sellafield, if anyone is interested.

 

[Butts]

Next week is Oxford to S Wales via Worcester, and the following week is Berwick to the Isle of Man via Sellafield, if anyone is interested.

Is Berwick as far North for this years jaunt or is he going to enter Scotland

 

[Crossover]

I wish he had gone to Portsmouth and then gone on the Island Line on the IoW rather than saying that Soton was the end of the line for getting there.
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In continuation of what Tiny Tim has said, this is understandable but there was one the other dsy that made no sense.

Film shows a 159 approaching (can't remember where) and Portillo getting on, then him doing his bit for camera on a Desiro (pretty sure, though not sure if it was a 444 or 450) and then getting off a 159 (with the train filmed leaving)

 

[Greenback]

I wish he had gone to Portsmouth and then gone on the Island Line on the IoW rather than saying that Soton was the end of the line for getting there.

It wasn;t really on the route for this week. More importantly, I suspect, it gave him the chance to reminisce about his holidays and talk about Queen Victoria!

 

[Class172]

Next week is Oxford to S Wales via Worcester, and the following week is Berwick to the Isle of Man via Sellafield, if anyone is interested.

I'm annoyed he isn't going to Droitwich Spa. :roll: Here's a route he could do: Marylebone-Bridgnorth.
Episode 1: Marylebone-Aylesbury
Episode 2: Aylesbury-Banbury
Episode 3: Banbury-Birmingham Moor St
Epsiode 4: Birmingham Snow Hill-Droitwich Spa
Episode 5: Bewdley-Bridgnorth

 

[MidnightFlyer]

I'm annoyed he isn't going to Droitwich Spa. :roll: Here's a route he could do: Marylebone-Bridgnorth.
Episode 1: Marylebone-Aylesbury
Episode 2: Aylesbury-Banbury
Episode 3: Banbury-Birmingham Moor St
Epsiode 4: Birmingham Snow Hill-Droitwich Spa
Episode 5: Bewdley-Bridgnorth

You really like Droitwich don't you?

 

[Schnellzug]

Well, I was watching carefully for inaccuracies or continuity errors, but they seemed to be fairly well organised in tonights episode. He got on a train at Norden with a Standard tank on the front, and got off at corfe castle with a Standard tank, and got on a 444 at wareham, and got off a 444 at Weymouth. Though the sea did look remarkably blue, i have to say. Wherever did he get so many nice days?

 

[ralphchadkirk]

Though the sea did look remarkably blue, i have to say. Wherever did he get so many nice days?

Colour grading can do a lot...

 

[Class172]

You really like Droitwich don't you?

Why of course, and it's not even my hometown!

Well it does have the newly re-opened canals and Brine Baths *cough* Currently closed *cough*.

 

[Aictos]

I'm annoyed he isn't going to Droitwich Spa. :roll: Here's a route he could do: Marylebone-Bridgnorth.
Episode 1: Marylebone-Aylesbury
Episode 2: Aylesbury-Banbury
Episode 3: Banbury-Birmingham Moor St
Epsiode 4: Birmingham Snow Hill-Droitwich Spa
Episode 5: Bewdley-Bridgnorth

Nah, there are other routes which are more interesting....

Blackpool North to York via Accrington because Accrington used to be a important junction station with direct services to Leeds, Manchester, Blackpool etc with multiple platforms and the station based on a triangle formation with it's own locomotive sheds as well, now a shadow of it's former glory.

Peterborough to Doncaster via Lincoln, Spalding like Accrington in it's prime was a major junction station with services to Grimsby, March, Lincoln, Peterborough etc....with about 7 platforms now reduced to a fraction of it's former glory.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Blackpool North to York via Accrington because Accrington used to be a important junction station with direct services to Leeds, Manchester, Blackpool etc with multiple platforms and the station based on a triangle formation with it's own locomotive sheds as well, now a shadow of it's former glory.

I think Michael has done Blackpool and York in the first series. He should go down to Pembrokeshire.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

I think Michael has done Blackpool and York in the first series. He should go down to Pembrokeshire.

He hasn't.

Next week's run ends in Milford Haven after half a week in South Wales...

 

[Bungle73]

He's done York twice. No reason not to do it again though.

 

[ValleyLines142]

He hasn't.

Next week's run ends in Milford Haven after half a week in South Wales...

He didn't go from Blackpool to York on the same trip, he did Preston to Kirkcaldy stopping off at Blackpool on 11-15th January 2010 and he did Newcastle to Melton Mowbray via York a year later.

Ooh I'm glad he's in South Wales, will have to watch that.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

He didn't go from Blackpool to York on the same trip, he did Preston to Kirkcaldy stopping off at Blackpool on 11-15th January 2010 and he did Newcastle to Melton Mowbray via York a year later.

Ooh I'm glad he's in South Wales, will have to watch that.

Sorry, thought you said York to Blackpool. Still, as ajax103 pointed out, he is missing a lot by not doing so!

 

[ValleyLines142]

Sorry, thought you said York to Blackpool. Still, as ajax103 pointed out, he is missing a lot by not doing so!

Yeah, he should do the more central Lancashire towns like Accrington, Blackburn and Burnley, and even across to Bradford and even make a stop in Leeds, not sure if he's visited Leeds city, he can go straight along the Caldervale Line

 

[Lrd]

Well, I was watching carefully for inaccuracies or continuity errors, but they seemed to be fairly well organised in tonights episode. He got on a train at Norden with a Standard tank on the front, and got off at corfe castle with a Standard tank, and got on a 444 at wareham, and got off a 444 at Weymouth. Though the sea did look remarkably blue, i have to say. Wherever did he get so many nice days?

I've noticed one or two train related continuity errors but can't think of them at this time.

One thing that I have noticed though in the Winchester - Isle of Wight episode (which I am in btw) there is a shot of the gangway on the Red Funnel ferry lowering (opening), which is actually raising (closing) and they reversed the clip and then after that there is a shot of Portillo next to a Wightlink ferry.

 

[martinsh]

Is it just me, or did last night's episode have more continuity errors than normal ? The one that sticks in the mind is "I am now heading up the valleys from Cardiff on the old Taff Vale railway" - cue picture of Pacer on a 4 track line. Return to Michael who seem to be in a class 158 ??!!

And has anyone else noticed that Michael almost always sits on the right hand side of the train facing the direction of travel ?

 

[Lrd]

And has anyone else noticed that Michael almost always sits on the right hand side of the train facing the direction of travel ?

Probably for continuity reasons.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Probably for continuity reasons.

And have you also noticed that he seats in a 4-seater or table seat? :P