Railwatch

Railwatch

1989 1 Seasons 5 Episodes ⭐ 0.0 Documentary

For five days in February 1989 the BBC Railwatch camera team followed British Rail staff in a live to air broadcast on the occasion of the electrification of the Eastern Coast Main Line from London to York.

For five days in February 1989 the BBC Railwatch camera team followed British Rail staff in a live to air broadcast on the occasion of the electrification of the Eastern Coast Main Line from London to York.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Day 1

All year round, 24 hours a day, British Rail is part of the nation's life blood. It is used, abused, tolerated, criticis

EP 2

Day 2

Edinburgh Inter-City 125 heads north, behind the scenes its progress is monitored and controlled by many an unseen hand.

EP 3

Day 3

Twenty-four hours a day, the 'merry-go-rounds' - coal trains that never stop - run from colliery to power station. Elsew

EP 4

Day 4

They used to be passengers; now they're called customers: a constant stream of people across the concourse, onto the pla

EP 5

Day 5

British Rail's East Coast main line is a railway in the throes of change. From London to Edinburgh the overhead wires ar

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Mike Smith
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