Administrators AY Mod Posted October 20, 2019 Administrators Share Posted October 20, 2019 Saturday 26 October 5:40pm - 6:55pm Channel 5 SUMMARY In an extended edition, four finalists have three days to create miniature railway layouts that must amaze, confound and delight, before the winner is announced. Judges Steve Flint and Kathy Millat cast an expert eye over designs that include an homage to Hamburg's Miniatur Wunderland, an eco research centre, and an Austin Powers-themed layout. Last in the series. The Teams Team Grantham - Richie Mason, Graham Nicholas, Andrew Burchell, Paul Bolton, Tom Dewdney Rail Riders - Les Cliff, Melanie Lewis, Stefan Neillson, Jenny Kirk, Brian Long and Simon AC Martin. Railmen of Kent – Fred Garner, Nick Garner, Nik Wilson, Chris Busbridge, James Garner, John Garner Who's Counting Rivets Anyway? - Charlie Johnson, Alex Bingley, Gwion Rhy Davies, Richard Ballan, Steven Dodd, Richard De La Camp 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Keith Addenbrooke Posted October 20, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 20, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, AY Mod said: Saturday 26 October 5:40pm - 6:55pm Channel 5 SUMMARY In an extended edition... The earlier start time (again) is to be noted. If I'm reading this right though, the reduction in broadcast time to 65 minutes last night allows the return to 75 minutes for the Final to be called "extended" when it's actually the same as was used for the earlier episodes? Rather like some "supermarket 'special' offers" ? More importantly, if the standard we've seen so far this Series is maintained (or stretched even further) it could be quite incredible: "Go teams!" Edited October 20, 2019 by Keith Addenbrooke Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted October 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2019 As a point of info, my Sky box was set to series link for all previous episodes and coped well with the moves around the schedule. For this episode, the series link didn't work and I had to hunt for the episode and insert it manually. No big deal if you know it's (not) happening but could be problem next Sat if you're expecting it to auto-record! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 6 hours ago, AY Mod said: Saturday 26 October 5:40pm - 6:55pm Channel 5 SUMMARY In an extended edition, four finalists have three days to create miniature railway layouts that must amaze, confound and delight, before the winner is announced. Judges Steve Flint and Kathy Millat cast an expert eye over designs that include an homage to Hamburg's Miniatur Wunderland, an eco research centre, and an Austin Powers-themed layout. Last in the series. Hmm... Four teams yet only three layouts mentioned. I don't think ours fits any of the descriptions mentioned so, for complete mess sake, the fourth layout was based around a traditional funfair. We also had an enforced team member change, Pete Jarvis replacing Tom Dewdney. Guess who hasn't got ready access to a tele on Saturday?(!) 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieJohnson Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Not much longer until the grand final. Would have liked to of had a longer screen time due to there being 4 teams instead of 3 but we shall see how it goes. But we have 4 wonderful teams in this final who have all worked hard to get here. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted October 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 23, 2019 Don't know if anyone else has noticed a problem with the Freeview listings for Channel 5 on Saturday, but they ain't there and my PVRs can't latch onto a recording time.... I'll have to see if the particular machines I've got allow a manual time to be set if the listing for Saturday doesn't show up soon! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Slightly off topic, but relevant I think in view of the constant time/day changes : do we know the viewing figures for this series? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Keith Addenbrooke Posted October 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2019 9 hours ago, Hroth said: Don't know if anyone else has noticed a problem with the Freeview listings for Channel 5 on Saturday, but they ain't there and my PVRs can't latch onto a recording time.... Might be worth checking again today - I had the same problem but mine appeared last night (although I noticed that Channel 4's still hadn't). The good news: when they did appear the 'Record Series' light was already on, ready and waiting. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted October 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2019 2 hours ago, TEAMYAKIMA said: Slightly off topic, but relevant I think in view of the constant time/day changes : do we know the viewing figures for this series? Someone has been posting them on the individual episode threads. It started well on the Friday evenings (over a million) but did drop after the move to Saturdays (800,000?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS29 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 On 20 October 2019 at 19:58, LNER4479 said: We also had an enforced team member change, Pete Jarvis replacing Tom Dewdney. Guess who hasn't got ready access to a tele on Saturday?(!) Never mind Graham, at least you know the result! Can I also thank Pete for stepping in when I was unavailable. Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JohnR Posted October 25, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2019 On 24/10/2019 at 07:33, TEAMYAKIMA said: Slightly off topic, but relevant I think in view of the constant time/day changes : do we know the viewing figures for this series? 3 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgeconna Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 On 23/10/2019 at 22:44, Hroth said: Don't know if anyone else has noticed a problem with the Freeview listings for Channel 5 on Saturday, but they ain't there and my PVRs can't latch onto a recording time.... I'll have to see if the particular machines I've got allow a manual time to be set if the listing for Saturday doesn't show up soon! yep my one misses the last 15 mins or so. sometimes it the poxy breaks in the Middle of Films where the might have 'Movie' news.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Matt C Posted October 25, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, JohnR said: Hmmm it dont mention Ketchup. Wonder how many missed the fact that it went from Friday straight to next day Saturday, rather than a week on Saturday. That probably accounts for the huge dip in figures... although it says tv 256.000 total 658.000 so maybe a lot on Ketchup Edited October 25, 2019 by Mattc6911 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noiseboy72 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 I think it's fair to say that that the time change probably hasn't worked as well as they would have hoped. Hopefully it won't affect the chances of a 3rd series. Really looking forward to the final Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted October 25, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2019 (edited) On 24/10/2019 at 08:30, Keith Addenbrooke said: Might be worth checking again today - I had the same problem but mine appeared last night (although I noticed that Channel 4's still hadn't). The good news: when they did appear the 'Record Series' light was already on, ready and waiting. Saturdays listing popped up yesterday and when I checked, the programme had been re-acquired for recording. I've both boxes set as backups for each other, just in case... Anyhow, looking forward to the final, may the best team win! Edited October 25, 2019 by Hroth 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 (edited) Just how reliable are viewing figures anyway; catchup they can log I presume but normal transmissions its apparently a random selection of viewers who log what they have watched. I hardly ever watch anything live and play back off one of a number of PVRs (2 Freeview, a Freesat one and a BT box - admitably one of the Freeview ones is rarely used and the other gets heavily used for ITV,C4,C5 etc as it usefully has a quick skip for commercials) Edited October 26, 2019 by Butler Henderson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocoLadies CF Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 We were invited to attend the final of the GMRC as guests. We were in awe of the hard work and talent that went in to completing all three layout boards by each of the teams. Never mind the fact that we know what the outcome was ..... we are still really excited to see this final and to see how the huge amount of film has been edited together to make the finished programme. Lovely to have time to look round Fawley Hill at leisure too. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aire Head Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 The right result I think based off what we have seen. Definitely a close call! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noiseboy72 Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Great final, well done teams! Railmen - Congratulations, worthy victors HCR - I have to say, I thought your layouts looked the best! Team Grantham - I wish you had managed to finish the layout, it had great potential Rail Riders - Some great little cameos and big builds, just a shame it didn't work as a whole layout so well. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocoLadies CF Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 A well deserved win. But it was very tense and exciting waiting for the results. So pleased we were asked to go back to Fawley Hill and watch the final presentations. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatloaf Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 How long ago was the final filmed? Wonder if that was a pre-release western Pullman and the 24/1 isn't out yet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noiseboy72 Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 I gather a box of goodies arrived from Bachmann... The series final was filmed in late June from memory. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieJohnson Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Just now, meatloaf said: How long ago was the final filmed? Wonder if that was a pre-release western Pullman and the 24/1 isn't out yet Yeah the class 24 was the prototype that we asked to be fitted with DCC so we could run it and then we went and ran it through fire. Plus you might have noticed Bachmanns Crane too. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatloaf Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 I hadn't spotted the crane but the 24/1 looked fab. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieJohnson Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 18 minutes ago, noiseboy72 said: Great final, well done teams! Railmen - Congratulations, worthy victors HCR - I have to say, I thought your layouts looked the best! Team Grantham - I wish you had managed to finish the layout, it had great potential Rail Riders - Some great little cameos and big builds, just a shame it didn't work as a whole layout so well. We had so much fun building our final layout just wish more was shown of it. We poured so much into that layout that wasn't shown on TV. 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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