RMweb Premium cornelius Posted February 11, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 11, 2010 BBC4 has a three part series starting on Sunday evening on Indian Hill Railways. The first episode is on the Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qvk99 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cornelius Posted February 11, 2010 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 11, 2010 Second episode will be the Nilgiri rack railway. Third episode is thought to be the Kalka-Shimla. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium steam-driven boy Posted February 14, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 14, 2010 Hi, Really looking forward to this, the BBC4 programmes on India's railways have been more about the railway itself and the people it serves while for some time now the 'Railway Journeys' have become more of a travellogue and far too centred on the presenter IMHO. BBC4 tonight 9pm, and again at 0:50 - and if they keep to the previous standard I won't mind how many more times Regards, Gerry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Although the actual DHR played a background role, to the lives of the folk dependent upon its' existence, I enjoyed this programme immensely. . If the intention was to make us stop and think about our lot in 'the west' it did. . Such as the 45yrs old widow, working as a 'porter' carrying (immense amounts of)luggage from Darjeeling station to the various hotels, with 5 sons to keep and how her son's educations were put above all else. Especially the annual Indian Army (Gurkha) recruiting fair, where 10,000 hopefuls aged (allegedly) between 17-21 turn up vying for ...... 200 places. . In my ignorance, I thought Darjeeling was still some hilltop retreat fro the 'Raj' leftovers , but when the narrator spoke of the elections, and the 1,000,000 voters registered in Darjeeling I took notice ...... and there are 700,000,000 voters in India, all vote on the same day, each has to produce a voters 'photo id' which is compared to the 'id' and photo published on the electoral role for that polling station, and they get something like a 95% turnout, queuing for hours to exercise their democratic right. . Then in Britain........... . Brian R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted February 15, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 15, 2010 Due to an administrative co*k up in the Captain Kernow Media Recording Service, this programme was missed last night. The Captain Kernow BBC I-Player Checking Service will now swing into action... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium steam-driven boy Posted February 15, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 15, 2010 Hi, I was delighted to see that this followed the content and presentation style of the previous programmes, I'm looking forward to the next two in this run Regards, Gerry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Very good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted February 15, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 15, 2010 Wife and I sat and watched it, a very enjoyable programme and much better than the "great railway journeys" formula where it's yet another celebrity "look at me I'm a wonderful traveller" style of filming. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 2mmMark Posted March 23, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 23, 2010 The series is being repeated on BBC2, Friday Nights at 21:00, starting this Friday, 26th March Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Just watched the DHR program on BBC2, the series is available again on iPlayer for a while If they released these on DVD I would buy them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 So I videod the Nilgiri Hill Raiway episode this morning, just watched and when it finished I turned back to the telly (BBC2) to see some Indians getting off a train in The Indian Doctor! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Simon Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Hi, This isn't actually a new series, it's been on before, well at least the DHR episode. Nether the less, it's a brillant series. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Hi, This isn't actually a new series, it's been on before, well at least the DHR episode. Nether the less, it's a brillant series. Simon Simon if you check out the dates on the original post you'll realise that it was when the series was first aired. Sorry to be picky. Planning my next trip to India in 2012. But it is essentially the Shimla line and other bits that was in the Palin Himalaya programme the other day. Quite looking forward to the India/Pakistan border closing ceremony. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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