Beeching's Tracks on BBC4 13th Nov 20:30

yowie · Post by **yowie** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:15 pm

... with Nicholas Crane. I knew he was a railway man, I could just smell it

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See this BBC4 page for programme details: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fl3tq- Not sure if it is on iPlayer, though.

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:26 am

This was shown in eastern England the other Sunday as part of the "Down The Line" strand. It's well worth watching.

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:15 pm

This could be the first of several items as my recording box prompted me to take the option to record the series.

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:53 am

Yes, hopefully they're going to re-show each of the different "Down The Line" programmes that was shown in each BBC region a couple of Sundays ago. In two weeks, they're showing the Portishead to Minehead one we saw here in the West. The South-west one was also good, covering the possible re-opening of the LSWR route from Exeter to Plymouth.

Agency_Scum · Post by **Agency_Scum** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 1:57 am

Got it. Here. Cheers for the " heads up " lads!

gwrmad · Post by **gwrmad** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 3:18 pm

On Thursday BBC2 8.00pm Ian Hislop goes off the Rails-looking at the impact of the Beeching Report

Donkey · Post by **Donkey** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:24 pm

When I looked earlier there was no sign of the other programs in this series being available.

gwrmad · Post by **gwrmad** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:17 pm

Just checked Teletext definately on here in Norfolk

gwrmad · Post by **gwrmad** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:19 pm

Dont think its one of the series but still on the railways

Donkey · Post by **Donkey** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:35 pm

The Ian Hislop program is on tonight on BBC 2 but I can't find any more of the "Down the line" series that was on. Here in the West was from Portishead to Minehead and the Norfolk one was for them lot over in yonder East.
Hope the others in that series are going to be shown.......

gwrmad · Post by **gwrmad** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:17 pm

May have been for "us" lot in the east -but there was a lot of Great Western on it!!

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 1:10 pm

BBC4, Thursday 4 December 8:30pm
Beeching's Tracks

Edwina Currie takes a journey across London and the South East to examine the legacy left behind by one of the most notorious men in British railway history, Dr Beeching. She meets the people and places affected by his cuts and discovers how, 40 years later, they have turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

This is the "Down the Line" programme shown in the South-East.

"Blessing in disguise" my a***! But then Ms Currie probably has to stick to the party line...

gwrmad · Post by **gwrmad** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 3:26 pm

Doesn,t she live in France?

Donkey · Post by **Donkey** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 4:29 pm

Hmmm, maybe BBC4 is going to show some more of the series then. I noticed this coming Thursday (27 Nov) the West program is being shown in the Beeching Tracks series as program 2 of 6. Presumably the South East one will be 3 of 6.

Had a look at Beechings Tracks on the BBC 4 site and it only mentions programs 1 and 2 even though it says the series length is 6.

I'm sure there were more than 6 on Down The Line, wonder if they will be shown anywhere?

BristleGWR · Post by **BristleGWR** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:04 pm

Donkey wrote:I'm sure there were more than 6 on Down The Line.....

There were ten, here's the list...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fcb63