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Railwatch
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Railwatch

1989
1 season
5 episodes
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.

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BBC Railwatch "1989" 1/5

Cast

Mike Smith

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For five days in February 1989 British Rail was followed by the BBC Railwatch camera team on the occasion of the electrification of the East Coast Main Line from London to York.

  • Ep 1

    1.Day 1

    13-02-198946m

    All year round, 24 hours a day, British Rail is part of the nation's life blood. It is used, abused, tolerated, criticised, appreciated and even sometimes praised by all of us at s...

  • Ep 2

    2.Day 2

    14-02-198946m

    Edinburgh Inter-City 125 heads north, behind the scenes its progress is monitored and controlled by many an unseen hand. From signalling centres, operations centres and Eastern Reg...

  • Ep 3

    3.Day 3

    15-02-198946m

    Twenty-four hours a day, the 'merry-go-rounds' - coal trains that never stop - run from colliery to power station. Elsewhere on the railway other commodities are being moved, often...

  • Ep 4

    4.Day 4

    16-02-198946m

    They used to be passengers; now they're called customers: a constant stream of people across the concourse, onto the platforms and away by train. With them goes their luggage, parc...

  • Ep 5

    5.Day 5

    17-02-198946m

    British Rail's East Coast main line is a railway in the throes of change. From London to Edinburgh the overhead wires are going up, and the new high-speed electric trains are being...

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