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The Railway - Channel 5 (UK)

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    #2
    [Deleted User]
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    If you have Sky you can manually tune it in.


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    dublinman1990
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    Karsini wrote: »
    If you have Sky you can manually tune it in.

    I have it on FTA satellite already via a non Sky box Thanks. No need for me to use Sky at all which is very convenient.


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    BowWow
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    Channel "105" on Freesat.


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    steamengine
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    At 7pm, also Ch 5 before the above, - 'Monster Moves - Titanic Train : A team of British engineers attempt to haul two A4 Pacific steam locomotives more than 5000 miles across the Atlantic to the National Railway Museum in York.'


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    cbl593h
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    dublinman1990 wrote: »
    I found this while reading this week's TV & Satellite Weekly. This 12 part documentary series appears to be following day to day of the railway companies based in the UK.

    http://www.channel5.com/shows/the-railway-first-great-western?explore_show_page=1&page=1&related=clips#related_contents

    The first episode will profile First Great Western this Thursday Evening, August 29, at 8pm on Channel 5.

    Do any of you have this channel at home? To me it sounds like a nice program to watch.

    Stage managed nonsense, the "stars" will be fools and company yes men who want be on the telly. Any staff who would have made a good programme declined to be involved.........:rolleyes:


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    Banjoxed
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    cbl593h wrote: »
    Stage managed nonsense, the "stars" will be fools and company yes men who want be on the telly. Any staff who would have made a good programme declined to be involved.........:rolleyes:

    Watching it now, for those of a sensitive disposition be warned they have mentioned r*ral railways..


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    steamengine
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    Banjoxed wrote: »
    Watching it now, for those of a sensitive disposition be warned they have mentioned r*ral railways..

    I like the bit in the maintenance bay where oodles of fragmented pieces of toilet paper had to be scraped away to reach certain components and one wonders what the disintegration dynamics of 125mph No2's might be as they collide with sleepers and ballast. :D

    It was interesting to see how quickly the brake pads could be changed out, and the engines looked very clean and neat and dry. Didn't envy the train managers job on the last train of the night though - seems an awful lot for one person to handle. All in all an interesting programme, not least seeing the Mark 3's still in operation ! :)


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    dublinman1990
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    It is the same company be profiled again for next week.

    It had a lot of interest in it due to the nature of the staff & the way they handled their railway operations.

    Looking forward to see it again for the following Thursday.


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    Fred Swanson
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    dublinman1990
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    Did anyone see last night's episode at all?


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    MGWR
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    Fred Swanson wrote: »
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    Less maintenance than plug doors. The more machinery, the more stuff that is likely to break.


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    kooga
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    dublinman1990 wrote: »
    Did anyone see last night's episode at all?

    i did really enjoyed the travel to glastonbury. its easy watching and looking forward to tonights episode


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    dublinman1990
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    While I do like this series I am seeing now from the website that the first four episodes so far are only profiling FGW.

    http://www.channel5.com/shows/the-railway-first-great-western/episodes/episode-4-481

    Is there any other companies being profiled in this series at all for a change.


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    etchyed
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    dublinman1990 wrote: »
    While I do like this series I am seeing now from the website that the first four episodes so far are only profiling FGW.

    http://www.channel5.com/shows/the-railway-first-great-western/episodes/episode-4-481

    Is there any other companies being profiled in this series at all for a change.
    No. The series is called The Railway: First Great Western. That's what it's referred to as on its website, in promotion and in its titles. You just assumed (wrongly) that other companies would be profiled, when it was quite clear from the start that this was not the case.

    It's possible that Channel 5 might make another series following another TOC, but this series has been pretty boring so far, in fairness, so I can't see much point in doing it all again in another setting.


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    dublinman1990
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    I thought that this series was going to be ongoing for another 4 weeks. But the last episode of 8 episodes in the series will be shown at 8pm tonight.

    One of the thing it will focus on tonight is Meet the Managers on how they deal with the passengers by getting feedback from them by using the FGW service. If you're watching it tonight; you will notice that a lot of the passengers feedback will be quite negative towards them.

    I throughly enjoyed every episode the series as it came on every week. I thought the contribution of the staff members was very helpful in terms of knowing how the railways should work in daily life now in the UK.

    I also loved the Yorkshire accent from the narrator of the series. I don't know if he is a genuine rail enthusiast at all; it would be nice to know that if he was one.


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    kooga
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    dublinman1990 wrote: »
    I thought that this series was going to be ongoing for another 4 weeks. But the last episode of 8 episodes in the series will be shown at 8pm tonight.

    One of the thing it will focus on tonight is Meet the Managers on how they deal with the passengers by getting feedback from them by using the FGW service. If you're watching it tonight; you will notice that a lot of the passengers feedback will be quite negative towards them.

    I throughly enjoyed every episode the series as it came on every week. I thought the contribution of the staff members was very helpful in terms of knowing how the railways should work in daily life now in the UK.

    I also loved the Yorkshire accent from the narrator of the series. I don't know if he is a genuine rail enthusiast at all; it would be nice to know that if he was one.

    + 1. my daughter who is 5 loved staying up to watch it!


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    kooga
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    series 2 started last week thursday 11th at 8pm


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    dublinman1990
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    kooga wrote: »
    series 2 started last week thursday 11th at 8pm

    Yep but just to clarify your point, the new series began last week on Thursday the 4th of December. The new episode for series will be on this Thursday the 11th of December.


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    kooga
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    dublinman1990 wrote: »
    Yep but just to clarify your point, the new series began last week on Thursday the 4th of December. The new episode for series will be on this Thursday the 11th of December.

    sorry ! I ment to say started last week I taped it and only got a chance to watch it on Monday night (it was the excitement)


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    Rashers72
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    Anyone know how one could watch an episode online?


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