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Great Continental Railway Journeys

Series 3 - Reversions

Episode 8: La Coruna to Lisbon - Part 2

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Michael Portillo retraces journeys in Spain and Portugal from the 1913 guide. He explores Lisbon from the Santa Justa lift to the harbour at Belem. Show more

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Series 3 - Reversions

Episode 9: Lyon to Marseille: Part 1

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Michael Portillo follows a route recommended in Bradshaw's guide, journeying from the heart of France to the Mediterranean coast. Show more

Bombay Railway

Episode 1: Pressures

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 7 months

Documentary about Bombay's vast suburban rail network, which serves millions of commuters every day and struggles to cope with the peaktime 'super-dense crush load'. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Bernard Hill
Executive Producer:
Grant McKee
Executive Producer:
Richard Klein
Producer:
Gerry Troyna
Director:
Gerry Troyna

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 4 months

Ealing comedy about a group of villagers who battle to preserve the local railway line by running it themselves, until they are sabotaged in a midnight raid by a rival bus company. Show more

Contributors

Walter Valentine:
Stanley Holloway
Vicar Sam Weech:
George Relph
George Blakeworth:
Naunton Wayne
Squire Gordon Chesterford:
John Gregson
Harry Hawkins:
Sidney James
Vernon Crump:
Jack McGowran
Writer:
TEB Clarke

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Formats

Timeshift

Series 14

Episode 5: The Nation's Railway: The Golden Age of British Rail

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 12 months

Using the British Transport Films archive, Timeshift revisits Britain's railways during the era of public ownership in a corrective to the myth of the bad old days of rail. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Rebecca Front
Series Producer:
William Naylor
Director:
David Leach
Producer:
David Leach

Bombay Railway

Episode 1: Pressures

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 7 months

Documentary about Bombay's vast suburban rail network, which serves millions of commuters every day and struggles to cope with the peaktime 'super-dense crush load'. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Bernard Hill
Executive Producer:
Grant McKee
Executive Producer:
Richard Klein
Producer:
Gerry Troyna
Director:
Gerry Troyna

Timeshift

Series 14

Episode 5: The Nation's Railway: The Golden Age of British Rail

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 12 months

Using the British Transport Films archive, Timeshift revisits Britain's railways during the era of public ownership in a corrective to the myth of the bad old days of rail. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Rebecca Front
Series Producer:
William Naylor
Director:
David Leach
Producer:
David Leach

BBC Four HD

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