[Bizman]

27/04/2016 (Wed) Ch37 Quest 21:00 to 22:00
James May's Toy Stories: The Great Train Race - the 10-mile-long model railway between Barnstaple and Bideford.

01/05/2016 (Sun) Channel 4 20:00 to 21:00
Paul Merton's Secret Stations: New series - a tour of Britain's 152 request stop stations to find out why they are there, who uses them, and the history of the area

 

[reddo]

Great - I shall be recording the Merton series - sounds very interesting.

 

[reddo]

Just remembered to set the PVR - thanks Ron )

 

[Bizman]

Railway content, in whole or in part:

03/05/2016 (Tue) 16:30 to 17:15 BBC 1: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is - includes a trip to the Dean Forest Railway.

06/05/2016 (Fri) 20:00 to 20:30 ITV Ch3: Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant - John cannot resist visiting Carnforth railway station, where he re-enacts his favourite scene from the classic film Brief Encounter, some of which was filmed there.

04/05/2016 (Wed) 21:00 to 22:00 BBC4 Ch9 Timeshift, The Joy of Train Sets - The Model Railway Story.

09/05/2016 (Mon) 21:00 to 22:00 BBC4 Ch9 Britain's Deadliest Rail Disaster: Quintinshill

 

[Bizman]

Again railway content, in whole or in part:

05/05/2016 (Thu) 19:00 to 20:00 Channel 5 Ch 5 Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys - Railroad to Mandalay

10/05/2016 (Tue) 21:00 to 22:00 Quest Ch 37 The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway - Urban Heart Surgery

11/05/2016 (Wed) 16:30 to 17:15 BBC1 Ch 1 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is - Phil finds two rare railway books

13/05/2016 (Fri) 08:00 to 09:00 Yesterday Ch 19 Antiques Roadshow - Derby Roundhouse

13/05/2016 (Fri) 14:30 to 15:35 More4 Ch 14 Time Team - Rise Hill, North Yorkshire: Blood, Sweat and Beers (Settle to Carlisle railway tunnel)

13/05/2016 (Fri) 19:00 to 20:00 Quest Ch 37 Salvage Hunters - deals from a heritage railway station in Yorkshire

 

[Bizman]

More railway miscellanea

09/05/2016 (Mon) 15:45 to 16:30 Ch 1 "Money for Nothing" - including an art deco train set

09/05/2016 (Mon) 21:00 to 22:00 Ch 5 "The Tube: Going Underground"

10/05/2016 (Tue) 21:00 to 22:00 Ch37 "The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway" - Urban Heart Surgery

11/05/2016 (Wed) 18:30 to19:00 Ch 28 "The Big Bang Theory" - The Locomotive Manipulation

12/05/2016 (Thu) 02:20 to 06:00 Ch 48 "Berlin Express" - Thriller. [1948]

14/05/2016 (Sat) 10:00 to 10:30 Ch 42 "Garage Gold" - Cleanout Express

15/05/2016 (Sun) 21:00 to 23:10 Ch 4 " Runaway Train" - Action adventure

16/05/2016 (Mon) 09:15 to 10:25 Ch 48 "The Orient Express"

17/05/2016 (Tue) 08:00 to 09:00 Ch 19 "Antiques Roadshow" - A train set that has been in its box for 70 years finally sees the light of day

17/05/2016 (Tue) 21:00 to 22:00 Ch 37 "The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway" - Tunnels Under the Thames

18/05/2016 (Wed) 18:30 to 19:00 Ch 24 "Storage Wars: Texas" - Victor competes to buy an antique train set

19/05/2016 (Thu) 17:15 to 18:00 Ch 2 "Antiques Roadshow" - An early toy train in remarkable condition

Channel numbers are Freeview.

 

[fliermike]

This man has photographed every current railway station in the UK.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36196948

 

[Bizman]

Mostly repeats on at the moment
16/06/2016 (Thu) 19:00 to 20:00 Ch5 "Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys" - Japan

 

[Bizman]

Another selection:
11/07/2016 (Mon) 20:00 to 21:00 Ch 9 "Trainspotting Live" - new daily series from Didcot
12/07/2016 (Tue) 06:05 to 06:30 Ch 19 "Britain In Motion" - visit to a steam railway
12/07/2016 (Tue) 19:00 to 20:00 Ch 2 "Great Continental Railway Journeys" - Athens to Thessaloniki
13/07/2016 (Wed) 19:00 to 20:00 Ch 2 "Great Continental Railway Journeys" - The Black Forest to Hannover
13/07/2016 (Wed) 21:00 to 22:20 Ch 9 "The Titfield Thunderbolt" - vintage comedy film

Ch2=BBC2; Ch9=BBC4; Ch19=Yesterday

 

[Bizman]

Another motley selection:
01/08/2016 Mon 14:25 to 15:25 1 Escape to the Country - The presenter also stops off at one the UK's finest preserved heritage steam railways
02/08/2016 Tue 01:35 to 02:35 2 Full Steam Ahead
06/08/2016 Sat 03:55 to 04:45 10 Rory Bremner's Great British Views - Rory Bremner is in the beautiful Cotswolds where he takes a trip on the local steam railway
31/07/2016 Sun 18:00 to 19:00 12 Top Gear - Jeremy takes the Tornado, a new steam locomotive
31/07/2016 Sun 22:00 to 23:00 19 The Last Days of Steam -
02/08/2016 Tue 07:10 to 07:35 19 Great British Railway Journeys, Todmorden to York - Michael travels back in time on the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
04/08/2016 Thu 07:10 to 07:35 19 Great British Railway Journeys, Settle to Garsdale - Michael Portillo explores the magnificent Ribblehead viaduct and catches a steam train along the line.
10/08/2016 Wed 07:35 to 08:00 19 Great British Railway Journeys, Buxton to Matlock - Michael travels on the historic steam railway to Rowsley
04/08/2016 Thu 12:00 to 13:00 42 Himalaya With Michael Palin, Leaping Tigers, Naked Nagas - Palin rides the steam train to Tipong Coalmine.

Freeview Channels are BBC1, BBC2, ITV3, Dave, Yesterday and Travel Channel

 

[reddo]

Thanks. I quite enjoyed the Trainspotting Live but would have been far better to have had someone knowledge on modern image instead of Peter Snow. He was a bit simple.
The chap who did the new trains in the last episode was great - he should have presented the whole thing. Full steam ahead is good but that Ruth woman is a real PITA IMHO

 

[Bizman]

Another helping:
18/08/2016 (Thu) 07:10 to 07:35 Ch 19 'Great British Railway Journeys' Reading to Alton- driving a steam train on the challenging Watercress Line
12/08/2016 (Fri) 08:00 to 09:00 Ch 25 'Flog It!' Exmouth - the South Devon Railway
14/08/2016 (Sun) 15:40 to 17:55 Ch 10 'The Railway Children' film
24/08/2016 (Wed) 21:00 to 22:00 Ch 37 'James May's Toy Stories' - Hornby
28/08/2016 (Sun) 06:00 to 12:00 Ch 37 'The Railway: Keeping Britain on Track' - 6 episodes

 

[reddo]

Thanks for posting, Ron.

I also got my Slingbox up and running again on the new BT Infinity I upgraded to last month. This let's you connect to the Humax over the internet from anywhere so you can operate the PVR just like you were in front of it. Very handy piece of kit. http://www.slingbox.com/Compare

Cheers

 

[Bizman]

Been a while 'cos there hasn't been much new & my source changed, but the following have something of railway interest, either in whole or in part:

10/10/2016 Mon 21:00 to 22:00 Ch 54 Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys - One-Way Ticket to Siberia
11/10/2016 Tue 19:00 to 20:00 Ch 37 The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway - Tunnels Under the Thames Building London's brand new underground railway, "Crossrail'
13/10/2016 Thu 20:00 to 20:30 Ch 9 Railways: The Making of a Nation - The Age of Leisure. Excursions to distant places became popular from the 1840s onwards.
14/10/2016 Fri 16:15 to 18:55 Ch 15 The Train - Thriller. [1965]
14/10/2016 Fri 17:15 to 18:00 Ch 2 Flog It! - Exmouth. Paul visits the South Devon Railway.
16/10/2016 Sun 07:00 to 07:45 Ch 2 Glorious Gardens From Above - North Wales, The story of the building of the Snowdon Mountain Railway
17/10/2016 Mon 21:00 to 22:00 Ch 54 Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys - Slow Train to Guantanamo Bay. Chris attempts to cross the length of Cuba, the only island in the Caribbean to boast an extensive railway network.
17/10/2016 Mon 22:00 to 23:00 Ch 9 The Victorians - Having It All. Jeremy Paxman tells the story of Victorian power. Paxman drives a steam train.
19/10/2016 Wed 21:00 to 22:00 Ch 37 Salvage Hunters - Tee shows Drew how to do a deal at a steam railway in Devon.
20/10/2016 Thu 20:00 to 20:30 Ch 9 Railways: The Making of a Nation - The New Commuters
21/10/2016 Fri 19:00 to 20:00 Ch 37 James May's Toy Stories - Hornby. James attempts to build the longest ever model railway track
22/10/2016 Sat 09:00 to 10:00 Ch 19 Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways
22/10/2016 Sat 20:30 to 21:00 Ch 19 Great British Railway Journeys - Buxton to Matlock. Michael travels on the historic steam railway to Rowsley.
26/10/2016 Wed 21:00 to 22:00 Ch 37 Salvage Hunters - Drew meets an Oxfordshire aristocrat with a steam train in his private collection!

The Freeview channels are 2 - BBC2; 9 - BBC4; 15 - Film4; 19 - Yesterday; 37 - Quest; 54 - My5

 

[Bizman]

Something new plus some repeats:

31/10/2016 (Mon) 21:00 to 22:00 Ch 5 Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways - Ice Train to Nowhere
02/11/2016 (Wed) 20:00 to 21:00 BBC4 Timeshift - The Last Days of Steam
03/11/2016 (Thu) 20:00 to 20:30 BBC4 Railways: The Making of a Nation A Touch of Class
05/11/2016 (Sat) 09:00 to 10:00 Yesterday The Golden Age of Steam Railways Branching Out
07/11/2016 (Mon) 19:30 to 20:00 BBC1 Panorama The Trouble with Our Trains
08/11/2016 (Tue) 23:00 to 00:00 BBC4 India's Frontier Railways The Maitree Express
10/11/2016 (Thu) 09:00 to 10:00 Spike Eddie Stobart: Trucks & Trailers

 

[reddo]

Cheers Ron. Both my Humax PVRs are maxed out so I need to get another Managers Special Freeview unit before Xmas

 

[Bizman]

Some more stuff with railway connections:

21/11/2016 (Mon) 21:00 to 22:00 Ch5 "Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways" - Trans-Caucasus Railway
29/11/2016 (Tue) 19:30 to 20:00 BBC4 "Railway Walks" The Birth of Steam - ... following a railway that hasn't operated for 140 years.
02/12/2016 (Fri) 21:00 to 21:30 Travel Channel " Great Railway Journeys of Europe" Glasgow
05/12/2016 (Mon) 04:10 to 05:05 Ch4 "George Clarke's Amazing Spaces" - In Cumbria George meets Harry who wants to transplant a derelict Victorian railway signal box to his home and turn it into a garden summerhouse.
05/12/2016 (Mon) 19:30 to 20:00 BBC4 "Railway Walks" Harbouring History - ... there was once a short railway that ran south from Weymouth and across the unique coastal features of Chesil Beach and Portland.
06/12/2016 (Tue) 17:15 to 18:00 BBC2 "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" - ... Will rides on a miniature railway in the hope of a gigantic profit.
06/12/2016 (Tue) 20:00 to 21:00 BBC4 "Ian Hislop Goes off the Rails" - Ian Hislop takes a look at the notorious Beeching Report of 1963.

 

[TonyDaly]

QUOTE (Bizman @ 19 Nov 2016, 17:31) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Some more stuff with railway connections:

21/11/2016 (Mon) 21:00 to 22:00 Ch5 "Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways" - Trans-Caucasus Railway
29/11/2016 (Tue) 19:30 to 20:00 BBC4 "Railway Walks" The Birth of Steam - ... following a railway that hasn't operated for 140 years.
02/12/2016 (Fri) 21:00 to 21:30 Travel Channel " Great Railway Journeys of Europe" Glasgow
05/12/2016 (Mon) 04:10 to 05:05 Ch4 "George Clarke's Amazing Spaces" - In Cumbria George meets Harry who wants to transplant a derelict Victorian railway signal box to his home and turn it into a garden summerhouse.
05/12/2016 (Mon) 19:30 to 20:00 BBC4 "Railway Walks" Harbouring History - ... there was once a short railway that ran south from Weymouth and across the unique coastal features of Chesil Beach and Portland.
06/12/2016 (Tue) 17:15 to 18:00 BBC2 "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" - ... Will rides on a miniature railway in the hope of a gigantic profit.
06/12/2016 (Tue) 20:00 to 21:00 BBC4 "Ian Hislop Goes off the Rails" - Ian Hislop takes a look at the notorious Beeching Report of 1963.

 

[reddo]

Ditto - good one Ron.

As planned, I just bought another of the Humax Managers Specials - Freeview HDR2000T 1 TB and will be setting up next weekend ready for Xmas / NY

Cheers

 

[Bizman]

I didn't mention this film as it was on recently, but you may have missed it:

08/12/2016 (Thu) 15:35 to 18:15 Film4 "The Train" - Thriller. [1965] A true story of wartime heroism about a French railway inspector who goes up against the Nazis in order to prevent a trainload of France's most treasured paintings from being stolen.