1982, my wife is pg with our first child, I'm in our 2nd bedroom, working on bank reports, watching this on PBS in the US. Thanks so much for the memories!!
Last hills to climb for 2500 miles, C'mon man what are you talking about? The Indian Pacific enters into the Flinders Ranges just north of Crystal Brook
This seems too have been shot in 2020, despite lack of face 😷. Some great comments from an Economist entailed in dramatic, purple prose. Well done Beeb, last century.
The poms probably think Australia is just like that still ....... yeah nah it's more populated and less civilised. And why did he take his clothes off to look at the gold mine sheesh , must have strange mining techniques in the UK.... what happens in the mine stays in the mine in merry old England huh ? 🤣🤣🤣
I’ve spotted that some dodgy European rail operator (Trans Euro Express) has copied the new Thomas Edward logo 🧐 … check out the Thomas Edward channel on RU-vid!
This is an enjoyable episode from the original series. It reminds me of my 1987 InterRail trip across Europe via Hungary & Yugoslavia to Istanbul. Eric Robson's commentary is good. But it's odd how he opens the episode in a cold and gloomy London Victoria station. The rest of episode is filmed in summertime, with just voiceovers.
Its got to be said, we Aussie borrowed all that technology from the Brits. They were building viaducts, steel and concrete bridges through marshlands when we were designing the corked swaggy hat. Those among us who join the anti-colonial whinge should remember that. We inherited the rule of law and Westminster government, and all that fantastic technology of the Victorian age from the UK.
They just don't make docus like this anymore...look at the angles from which they film, which, with the music, are like short films by today's low-budget "bare minimum" standards.
Best respectful description of this train I can come up with. Full of history but a shadow of the standard gauge train. Hopefully some of the consist is now running on heritage railways
Excelente documentário exibido no Brasil na década de 1980 pela TV Cultura. Mostra o trem francês, Alemanha e Suíça! Com belíssimas paisagens e o lago Genebra.
That whole era (1960s - 1980s) and I'm basing this on the age of my parents, both in their late 40s, I see as a kind of wierd period between the old (1930s - 1950s) and the new (1990s - Present Day).
It was my brother who uploaded this an we had this on a tape along with the Australian and Indian great journeys. Honestly we must of watched it about 500 times while we were younger so I am surprised it came out as well as it did!
Geeves8612 I must have watch this hundreds of times too. My grandmother taped it for me when I was very young and I watched it every time I stayed at her house. The problem is the tape starts at EXACTLY the same spot as yours does. I’ve been trying to see the start of the episode for decades!
@@dat581 Yep! I know the feeling! My tape was also missing part of the intro... so I haven't seen the whole thing either! I still want to know where that Soviet steam grave-yard is\was at the end of the video...
Zack Tyler I finally found it a few months ago so have now seen the start. It’s only a minute or two and is a bit of an anti climax after searching for a couple of decades! Keep searching on RU-vid and you will find it.
Ross Campbell, who sees Michael Frayn off from Central Station in Sydney, was a newspaper columnist and father of Laura 'Little Nell' Campbell, who was in 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' and later became a New York nightclub proprietor. He would write humorous columns about his family in which she was called 'Little Nell' from the character in Dickens' 'The Old Curiosity Shop'.
Michael Frayn is alive and in his early eighties... I remember BBC Points Of View at the time poking fun at how many times Michael gets his kit off in the film! Sky's music is great too...
