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Author Topic: Thank you, Infoman, for your daily diary of rail related broadcasts  (Read 61814 times)
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« Reply #45 on: June 04, 2020, 10:44:40 »

Talking Pictures at 14:35pm john Betjeman Kings Lynn to Snettisham Hunstanton in  Norfolk

Channel five
18:35pm Tony Robinson around the World by train series year 2020 episode nine
19:00pm Bressington steam museum S.1 EP. 2
20:00pm fare dodger S1 Ep4
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« Reply #46 on: June 04, 2020, 11:03:45 »

Thanks, Infoman. Keep up the good work! -much appreciated each day.
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« Reply #47 on: June 04, 2020, 14:49:47 »

Thanks, Infoman. Keep up the good work! -much appreciated each day.

Indeed.  Channel 5 will need to be renamed 'The Railway Channel' soon.  Cheesy
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« Reply #48 on: June 05, 2020, 06:48:49 »

Sony Movie channel 40 at 08:00am IN THE MORNING Berlin Express film from 1948 its in Black and White and it just seems darker
so suggest you turn up the brightest on your TV controls with Robert Ryan and Robert Shaw.

At the same on BBC2 American railways chilkool trail(Alaska area?) S3 Ep10

5Star channel 30 at 10:05 Its about a former Tram depot in Bristol which has been occupied by squatters and the owner wants to build flats on the site.

channel 5 at 18:35pm Tony Robinson year 2020 episode 20
channel 5 at 20:00pm new zealand north Island railway with bil nighy S2 Ep5




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« Reply #49 on: June 06, 2020, 08:17:18 »

BBC2 at 20:15pm Singapore with Michael Portillo

Yesterday channel 25 at

21:00pm secrets if the railways USA/Canada series 1 episode 3
22:00pm secrets if the railways Norway Trondheim to bodo 1 episode 4
23:00pm Architecture of the railway London St Pancreas and Castle howard in North Yorkshire series 1 episode 6 with Tim Dunn
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« Reply #50 on: June 06, 2020, 19:41:01 »

Channel five at 21:00pm on Wednesday 10 june 24/7 looks like its about Trans pennine.
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« Reply #51 on: June 07, 2020, 10:17:54 »

I am really stumped today,scoured the freeview guide and can't find anything.

If any one can find anything for Sunday please post the details.
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« Reply #52 on: June 07, 2020, 10:54:25 »

I am really stumped today,scoured the freeview guide and can't find anything.

If any one can find anything for Sunday please post the details.

Thanks ... can't even go down to Melksham Station and watch the trains go through.

Really appreciate your "zero" post - the number of times in my career I've tried to debug a piece of software which has just returned be a blank screen for results ...only to find after wasting hours that the blank screen was actually the correct result and nothing matched.   "There are no matches" is a wonderful confirmation in such a case.
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« Reply #53 on: June 07, 2020, 11:11:51 »

Thanks ... can't even go down to Melksham Station and watch the trains go through.

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Alterations to services between Westbury and Pewsey
Due to a points failure between Westbury and Pewsey the line towards Reading is blocked.
Train services running through these stations may be delayed or diverted via Melksham. Disruption is expected until 12:00 07/06.

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« Reply #54 on: June 07, 2020, 11:25:41 »

I am really stumped today,scoured the freeview guide and can't find anything.

If any one can find anything for Sunday please post the details.

Just to mention that tonight at 21:00 is the last in the present series of 'Inside Central Station' on BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) Scotland:

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In this episode, there is chaos on the concourse when the staff at Central station deal with a huge influx of football fans on match day and face disruption on the tracks. Tour guide Paul explores the historic relationship between the home of Scottish football Hampden Park and the station. Meanwhile, the concourse becomes a stage for performers and protestors alike and sees the arrival of an unlikely celebrity in the form of Instagram sensation Lucy the samoyed dog. Elsewhere in the station, hen parties and excited Proclaimers fans arrive en masse, entertaining us with their favourite tunes from the famous brothers.

BBC iPlayer link (available throughout the UK (United Kingdom)): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000k05t
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« Reply #55 on: June 07, 2020, 11:49:49 »

I've found two on Freeview today.

How the Victorians Built Britain on 5Select (54) -  Sunday 7th June 2020 at 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
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The Railway Revolution. Series 2, episode 1.
Michael Buerk returns with more stories of how Britain was transformed during the Victorian era, beginning by looking at the development of the railway network during the era. Michael hops on board an original Victorian locomotive at Tanfield Railway and discovers the role this former coal track played in the development of the national railway. He also learns about Isambard Kingdom Brunel's bid to secure Bristol's future, and his creation of the fastest engine in the world.

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The Bridge on the River Kwai On Paramount Network (31) - Sunday 7th June 2020 at 17:45 to 21:00 (3 hours 15 minutes long)
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War drama about British prisoners of war who are forced to build a jungle railroad bridge in World War II Indochina, oblivious to a plan by the allies who are set to destroy it. Winner of seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor.
(Subtitles, 1957, PG, 5 Star)

Director: David Lean
Starring: William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne

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« Reply #56 on: June 07, 2020, 17:14:20 »

Thanks for the programme info.I am only as good as the details on the freview guide.

I find the bridge on the river Kwai film difficult to watch with all the misery that was inflicted on Allied soldiers
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« Reply #57 on: June 07, 2020, 20:35:58 »

Thanks for the programme info.I am only as good as the details on the freview guide.

I find the bridge on the river Kwai film difficult to watch with all the misery that was inflicted on Allied soldiers

I got lucky. I saw the listing for How the Victorians Built Britain on Digiguide and guessed there could be a railway connection. I've never seen the film about the Bridge on the River Kwai but 3 hours+ is a bit much to hold my attention.
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« Reply #58 on: June 07, 2020, 21:39:47 »

I've never seen the film about the Bridge on the River Kwai but 3 hours+ is a bit much to hold my attention.

Indeed a 3 hour 15 minute slot for a film which is 2 hours and 41 minutes long!  Plenty of ad breaks opportunities to make a cuppa.
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« Reply #59 on: June 08, 2020, 05:59:47 »

Channel five
18:35pm Tony Robinson around the world by train Ep.11
19:00pm Scenic railways New Zealand north island S.2 Ep.5

Yesterday on channel 25
at 19:00pm high wycombe to stratford on avon Michael portilo S.4 Ep.1
at 19:30pm Birmingham to Stafford Michael portilo S.4 Ep.2
at 20:00pm Scenic railways The Harz Mountain Railway in Germany
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