Great British Railway Journeys

[Kestrel]

Michael Portillo sets outs on series 3 of his Great British Railway Journeys tomorrow (02/01/12) on BBC2 at 6:30pm. He starts off by following the Great Eastern line. There's 25 programmes in the series.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xgqxy

upcoming episodes:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xgqx ... s/upcoming

[woberty]

I appreciate that the series is not every ones cup of tea.
But worth a watch in my humble opinion.

[Blink Bonny]

Ay up!

I just wish that he'd get his facts right. I usually end up screaming at the goggle box! He's nearly as bad as the late Fred Dibnah.....

[Postman Prat]

Hi BB

Since when has a politician worried about facts!!!

Happy New Year to all

[2002EarlMarischal]

Grateful for the tip-off Kestrel - many thanks!

[Paul B]

Agreed - one not to miss, especially as he is round my old home-town of Southend!

(Although my girlfriend will probably despair of me watching it and wondering what I will be looking for next - I was watching one of the programs a while ago, and saw a picture of a line of Colmans mustard trucks at the factory in Norwich, and decided that I had to collect a good rake of them in N Gauge - presently I have 14 and she can't see why I want more... )

[mr B]

moan moan moan you lot sees there's nothing much else on the 'box' railway related best sit back and enjoy it , forgot to say its a repeat

mr b

[strang steel]

Was it a repeat?

Ok, but not for me, as I had not seen that episode before.

[65447]

moan moan moan you lot sees there's nothing much else on the 'box' railway related best sit back and enjoy it , forgot to say its a repeat

mr b

No it's not a repeat but a brand new series...

[Mickey]

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[giner]

Bah, humbug! The dear old Beeb won't allow us in the far-flung reaches of the planet to view these episodes - rights and all that. They've developed an app for iPhone and iPad, but I don't have either of those. Will they show up on You Tube? Anyone know?

[Kestrel]

The first two series are available on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-British-R ... 707&sr=8-1
(4 CDs - £11.99) 600 mins

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-British-R ... 707&sr=8-2 (5 CDs - £27.99) 750 mins

[65447]

Bah, humbug! The dear old Beeb won't allow us in the far-flung reaches of the planet to view these episodes - rights and all that. They've developed an app for iPhone and iPad, but I don't have either of those. Will they show up on You Tube? Anyone know?

Plus of course us poor bu@@ers in the UK have to pay an extortionate licence fee for the privilege, so why should we subsidise your free viewing?

[Blink Bonny]

Ay up!

Try logging on to the BBC iPlayer. If you can log on, you can see it anywhere in the world!

[richard]

No you can't! Virtually all iPlayer video is limited to the UK (radio is available around the world, though - hence I was listening to "Sorry I Haven't a Clue" on Sunday whilst cutting tubes to store strip,rod,etc!). The Beeb have been trialling an international iPlayer app for iPads/etc which will carry video, but so far limited to Europe. From what I've heard, us ex-pat types will get more back library coverage than you get in blighty, but we'll have to pay a subscription.