[TonyDaly]

QUOTE (Bizman @ 20 Nov 2016, 09:11) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>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.

Hi Ron.
I've watched that film several times.
A real classic

 

[Bizman]

I've just got myself a pre-owned Humax HDR Fox T2 PVR as my existing machine is SD only, so I will record the HD version on LCN45. I have only caught the last 15 minutes of the film when it was last on, so I know how it ends.

 

[reddo]

For anyone looking for a PVR - keep a look out here (sign up for the newsletter) as the refurbished models are great value

http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/refurbished.html

I have about 4 of them now ;-)

 

[Bizman]

02/12/2016 (Fri) 21:00 to 21:30 Travel Channel " Great Railway Journeys of Europe" is no longer on the schedule, but it may reappear at a later date.

 

[Bizman]

PVRs at the ready:

05/12/2016 (Mon) 04:10 to 05:05 Ch4 "George Clarke's Amazing Spaces" - Harry 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" - Julia discovers 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 Axon rides on a miniature railway in the hope of a gigantic profit.

11/12/2016 (Sun) 07:15 to 08:00 Yesterday "Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways" - various episodes of railway programmes all day to 20:00

11/12/2016 (Sun) 15:00 to 16:00 Quest "The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway" - Urban Heart Surgery, London's Crossrail.
14/12/2016 (Wed) 09:30 to 10:00 Quest "Britain in Motion" - Russ Malkin visits a steam railway and looks at future advances in train design.
14/12/2016 (Wed) 13:10 to 13:30 BBC2 "Coast" - Wexford to Killiney. Dick Strawbridge takes a ride on `Brunel's Folly" the dramatic and dangerous coastal railway that the engineer constructed to cling to the cliff face at Bray Head.
18/12/2016 (Sun) 13:00 to 14:00 Travel Channel "Tough Trains" - Russia's Ice Trains. Zay Harding travels to the far north of Siberia on the world's most northerly railway lines.
18/12/2016 (Sun) 16:35 to 17:35 BBC2 "Full Steam Ahead" The introduction of the steam railways in the early 19th-century changed Britain in a way no one could have predicted. Series
19/12/2016 (Mon) 21:00 to 22:00 Ch5 "Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways" - War, Ore and Santa. In this special Christmas edition of his train-based travelogue series, Chris Tarrant heads across Scandinavia.

 

[TonyDaly]

 

[Bizman]

More treats in store:

16/12/2016 (Fri) 21:00 to 22:00 Quest Ch37 "Built From Disaster" - Trains
28/12/2016 (Wed) 21:00 to 21:30 BBC4 Ch9 "James May: The Reassembler" - Toy Train Set
29/12/2016 (Thu) 21:00 to 22:00 BBC4 Ch9 "Flying Scotsman from the Footplate" - Enjoy the view from the driving seat of the world's most famous steam locomotive as Flying Scotsman travels the length of the Severn Valley Railway, with 'cab cameras' capturing all the action from the footplate

 

[reddo]

Thanks Ron.

I installed the new Humax Freeview 1Tb unit 10 days ago and hooked up the Slingbox so I can control / watch it from down here in Munich so will add those to the schedule. Cheers

 

[Bizman]

14/12/2016 (Wed) 09:30 to 10:00 Quest "Britain in Motion" - Russ Malkin visits a steam railway and looks at future advances in train design. - This has now been rescheduled to 09:00 on the 15th (The timing may be region dependent).

 

[Bizman]

QUOTE (Bizman @ 25 Nov 2016, 07:49) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>02/12/2016 (Fri) 21:00 to 21:30 Travel Channel " Great Railway Journeys of Europe" is no longer on the schedule, but it may reappear at a later date.Yep, it's back on
31/12/2016 (Sat) 19:00 to 19:30 Travel Channel " Great Railway Journeys of Europe" - Glasgow (first of series)

More stuff:
23/12/2016 (Fri) 19:00 to 20:00 ITV4 "Pawn Stars" Another Christmas Story - The guys compete in a Christmas card competition, an original puppet from "Creature Shop," a Lionel train set from the 1920's.

02/01/2017 (Mon) 18:30 to 19:00 BBC2 "Great British Railway Journeys" The Flying Scotsman. A once in a lifetime journey aboard the most famous train in history begins for Michael before dawn at London's King's Cross.

03/01/2017 (Tue) 14:45 to 15:45 BBC2 "Tropic of Cancer" Western Sahara to Libya - The second leg of the journey sees Simon travel on one of the world's longest trains in Mauritania.

 

[reddo]

Great timing - thanks Ron

 

[Bizman]

Ooh, found some more. Thought I had included these:
Travel Channel (Ch42) Tough Trains

21/12/2016 (Wed) 21:00 to 22:00 The Transcontinental Railroad
31/12/2016 (Sat) 13:00 to 14:00 Bolivia
31/12/2016 (Sat) 14:00 to 15:00 Russia's Ice Trains
31/12/2016 (Sat) 15:00 to 16:00 Vietnam: the Reunification Express
31/12/2016 (Sat) 16:00 to 17:00 India's Independence Railroads
31/12/2016 (Sat) 17:00 to 18:00 Cuba

 

[reddo]

Ah ha...I had seen those yesterday Ron...looks like they could be interesting, and hopefully without so much of the Chris Tarrant effects like he had in Extreme Trains or whatever it was called...

 

[Bizman]

A few more snippets;

02/01/2017 (Mon) 16:45 to 19:00 Channel 5 "The Bridge at Remagen" - War film. [1969]
02/01/2017 (Mon) 20:00 to 21:00 Quest "Salvage Hunters" - Drew packs his van with deals from a heritage railway station in Yorkshire.
06/01/2017 (Fri) 04:00 to 04:55 Channel 4 "The Restoration Man" - The challenging restoration of a railway water tower at Settle station.
06/01/2017 (Fri) 16:30 to 17:15 BBC 1 "Antiques Road Trip" - An incredible collection of railwayana hidden on a school roof.
10/01/2017 (Tue) 20:00 to 21:00 BBC4 "Timeshift" - The Trains That Time Forgot: Britain's Lost Railway Journeys
11/01/2017 (Wed) 21:30 to 22:30 BBC4 "Timeshift" - The Joy of (Train) Sets: The Model Railway Story

 

[reddo]

Another great selection. Thanks Ron. Looks like I need to get another 'Managers Special Humax 1TB PVR as the 320gB PVR here in France fills up too fast.

 

[Bizman]

Depending how your PVR handles it, be aware that the film is split into two parts by 5 News

 

[reddo]

Cheers Ron. I just had a similar situation with another movie so set the Series Link.

 

[Bizman]

I watched the 'Flying Scotsman from the footplate' programme and it occurred to me that since I was unfamiliar with the Severn Valley Railway, it would add interest if I logged on to streetmap.com and followed the progress as it went along. i found it gave me a greater sense of being there.

 

[SirWilliamFRS]

"Flying Scotsman From The Footplate" was excellent. It showed what the BBC can do with a properly thought out documentary. The crew were entertaining (once they got 60103 to move!), the camera work in-cab and lineside was excellent and just left to record things as they happened with no superfluous waffle or unnecessary incorrect facts. Great sound too and oddly the chime whistle sounded very weak from the footplate. Brilliant programme!

SWFRS

 

[Grifter_Guru]

That whistle sounded very odd! Almost as if too much pressure was being supplied.

Sounded ok when they crowed it, but then with a bit more pressure, it sounded.............odd!