Inside The Tube: Going Underground. Channel 5 9PM 3 April

[Paul.Uni]

 

Granted special access to the secret workings of the Tube, and with the aid of the London Underground staff who know it best, engineer Rob Bell discovers the fascinating hidden history of how London’s iconic metro was built.

 

http://www.channel5.com/show/inside-the-tube-going-underground/

[Hroth]

Someone on the C5 commissioning panel must be a railway enthusiast....

 

I'll stick it on record and have a look later!

[melmerby]

Strange that this isn't called "Series 2" as there was another programme on C5 12 months ago with a similar title!

 

Keith

[Edwin_m]

This one strikes me as a cut above the usual "hang around with a camera until something interesting happens".  The presenter gets access to some "ghost stations" and actually seems to have some knowledge of (and interest in) the history. 

[melmerby]

This one strikes me as a cut above the usual "hang around with a camera until something interesting happens".  The presenter gets access to some "ghost stations" and actually seems to have some knowledge of (and interest in) the history. 

Rob Bell (along with some others) is also in another programme series at present:

"Abandoned Engineering"

It visits tunnels, bridges, roads etc. that for one reason or another are disused.

In the first programme they included a now disused, but still maintained, railroad trestle in the US.

The series airs on "Yesterday" channel.

 

Keith

[darrel]

I was expecting it to be a fly on the wall type show, a bit like the one about the east coast mainline and kings cross.

But this is much much better, in fact it's one of the best railway programmes in years.

[Edwin_m]

Rob Bell (along with some others) is also in another programme series at present:

"Abandoned Engineering"

It visits tunnels, bridges, roads etc. that for one reason or another are disused.

In the first programme they included a now disused, but still maintained, railroad trestle in the US.

The series airs on "Yesterday" channel.

 

Keith

Indeed, I've been watching that one too (no wonder I never spend any time modelling). 

 

Though my opinion of it went down quite a bit when they said - twice - that Mam Tor is between Castleton and Sheffield. 

[melmerby]

 

 

Though my opinion of it went down quite a bit when they said - twice - that Mam Tor is between Castleton and Sheffield. 

I thought that strange.

If you were building a road from Castleton to Sheffield you would go East but Mam Tor is to the West.

 

Most of that road is still open but with just a couple of hundred metres/yards now closed to vehicles but still open to walkers.

 

Keith

 

EDIT

The road was part of the "Sheffield Turnpike" built from Sheffield to Chapel en le Frith which became the A625 until eventually abandoned in 1979.

[bennyboy]

I was expecting this to be another fly on the wall type doc as well, so I was surprised that it was more of a documentary. The same presenter did a recent series about British bridges which included an excellent episode about the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Straits.

[Hroth]

An enjoyable poke around the unregarded underbelly of the London Underground, with far more human interest than the typical Fly On The Wall effort.  Liked the Cold War flood control bunker - twiddles switch "Does this do anything???"

 

Didn't know that Rob Bell was also involved with the "Abandoned Engineering" effort, I caught a bit of the one with the buckled road, but it didn't catch my interest so I carried on looking (unsuccessfully) for something that would!

 

edit for usual keybord dyslexia