Pacific231G Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 4 hours ago, The Stationmaster said: I will admit that it was v back in the late 1990s that I visited Jeumoont (when we were considerting possible re-routing for one of the ENS night speeper trains) but at that time the place was like stepping back aboy ut 30 years or more. Massive great unused freight transfer/Customs examination building and a crummy station with limited facilities but still some remnants of its time as a border station. One of the most depressing places I have ever visited. The Czech station used for the French Maigret episode wasn't much better. It was a small wayside station that showed no sign at all of being a border station. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted January 17 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17 5 hours ago, Pacific231G said: The Czech station used for the French Maigret episode wasn't much better. It was a small wayside station that showed no sign at all of being a border station. I thought that too, as Jeumont is / was a station of some importance on an international main line (although now a terminus for passenger trains from the French side; it is no longer on a through passenger route into Belgium). But, it wasn't obvious but I think the premise of the plot was that the murder was discovered as the train left Jeumont (in the opening scene) and the station where the coaches were detached and the action took place was a subsequent wayside station along the line towards Paris. Although having said that, the weed strewn Czech branch line didn't really give a very good impression of a French main line! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted January 18 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 18 Watching the first half-hour of "The Theory of Everything" last night (stunning film for those that haven't seen it, about the life of Stephen Hawking); at one point they catch a train to Kings Cross. You hear the station announcer as Eddie Redmayne rushes onto the platform, clearly recognisable as Horsted Keynes and climbs into a rake of green Mark 1s. I'd have enjoyed that journey, from the Southern to Kings Cross! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 21 hours ago, 31A said: In another episode (sorry can't remember which one) they filmed some railway scenes in Belgium on I believe the CF3V line, Mariembourg-Treignies. At least it looks a bit more like France than the Czech Republic does! The SNCB station at Binche also featured in one of them. From the credits at the end it looks as though TV production companies from Belgium, Czech and Switzerland as well as France were involved in making the series. I think that was the one where he went to some relations in Belgium to find out who'd killed someone as his wife's family was being blamed. I checked out where it was filmed as it looked Belgian rather than "somewhere else pretending to be Belgium" and it turned out to be a small town outside Brussels. They also had the episode where there was a tram featured quite heavily. IMBD is usually quite good to find locations for the various episodes. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold papagolfjuliet Posted January 18 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18 Plenty of railway footage in this Tonight Programme special from 1963 (the modern introduction by Chris Packham lasts a couple of minutes). Set designer: Ridley Scott. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 19 hours ago, Pacific231G said: The Czech station used for the French Maigret episode wasn't much better. It was a small wayside station that showed no sign at all of being a border station. It was a very busy little station, even if it was largely the one train shuttling back and forth.. I was amused to see that one of the 'vedettes' was called 'Trenbach'. Was there a covert S4C presence, I wonder? It was interesting to see the Swiss involvement was by the company representing the one language not spoken outside Switzerland. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
osbornsmodels Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Oh how I remember that winter. I lived in Didcot at the time and had to get to school in Oxford (6days a week). After the initial fun it was a unrelenting nightmare for absolutely everyone. Lets hope we never see the like again. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted January 18 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18 Just spotted this thread and I enjoyed this over the Christmas break with D318 as the star…. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold papagolfjuliet Posted January 18 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18 2 hours ago, osbornsmodels said: Oh how I remember that winter. I lived in Didcot at the time and had to get to school in Oxford (6days a week). After the initial fun it was a unrelenting nightmare for absolutely everyone. Lets hope we never see the like again. Mind you, we had worse Winters in the 60s: Mike and Bernie. 2 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
osbornsmodels Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 the old ones are the best ones 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 15 hours ago, 97406 said: Just spotted this thread and I enjoyed this over the Christmas break with D318 as the star…. "That was nothing to 50 years ago" ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 16 hours ago, papagolfjuliet said: Mind you, we had worse Winters in the 60s: Mike and Bernie. Allegedly, when asked what he and Ernie Wise would be if they weren’t comedians, Eric Morecombe replied instantly “Mike & Bernie Winters.” steve 3 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 19 hours ago, 97406 said: Just spotted this thread and I enjoyed this over the Christmas break with D318 as the star…. Mentioned on page two of the thread way back in December 2011! Great film though and well worth repeat viewings.... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold papagolfjuliet Posted January 19 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19 1 hour ago, steve1 said: Allegedly, when asked what he and Ernie Wise would be if they weren’t comedians, Eric Morecombe replied instantly “Mike & Bernie Winters.” steve "People laughed when I said I wanted to be a comedian. Well, they're not laughing now." - Bob Monkhouse "Where would you be without laughter? Here." - Les Dawson 4 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted January 19 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19 6 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: Mentioned on page two of the thread way back in December 2011! Great film though and well worth repeat viewings.... I love the picture at the end with them cleaning the rail! 🙂 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 (edited) 2 hours ago, 97406 said: I love the picture at the end with them cleaning the rail! 🙂 They had to do that as nothing had run on the Rugby - Market Harborough - Peterborough line since June '66, and filming took place in March and April of '67. Edited January 19 by Rugd1022 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinRS Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Just seen tonight's TV listing. Night Mail is on in 15 min at 8:30pm on C 82 (Talking Pictures). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted January 19 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19 9 hours ago, papagolfjuliet said: "People laughed when I said I wanted to be a comedian. Well, they're not laughing now." - Bob Monkhouse I've often thought that may be the most perfectly crafted joke by any comedian. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted January 19 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19 2 minutes ago, Northmoor said: I've often thought that may be the most perfectly crafted joke by any comedian. Also aided by Bob’s style of delivery. He was so good. My God, we could do with some of that right now IMHO. 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold papagolfjuliet Posted January 21 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21 Have just remembered that on one occasion when Mike and Bernie were playing the notorious Glasgow Empire, Bernie came on after Mike had already done a couple of jokes and a voice from the stalls said "Suffering Christ, there's two of them." 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold papagolfjuliet Posted January 21 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21 Another Glasgow Empire classic: Roy Castle, having played multiple instruments to deafening silence, decides to try a tap dance. After he's finished somebody down below says "Jesus, is there no end tae his bloody versatility?" 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) Not sure if this has come up in the last 69 pages but a recently shown episode of Ever Decreasing Circles featured Martin and Howard taking a group of elderly ladies on a day trip. They stopped for ice creams and the backdrop when they came out of the shop was Chislehurst signal box and footbridge Andy Edited January 21 by SM42 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 On 21/01/2024 at 09:58, papagolfjuliet said: Another Glasgow Empire classic: Roy Castle, having played multiple instruments to deafening silence, decides to try a tap dance. After he's finished somebody down below says "Jesus, is there no end tae his bloody versatility?" Des O'connor faked a fainting on that stage, the next act on pulled him back through the curtains. That act? Morecambe and Wise, and they never let him forget it! It was once said to a budding English comedian, if a Glasgow audience likes you, they'll let you live. Jim 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted January 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27 Watching 5Select showing 'Churchill fallen hero' with the 1945 general election featuring. With scenes showing Flying Scotsman, complete with German style smoke deflectors and BR Mark 1 coaches in Blood and Custard! I do wish film makers could at least know that in 1945 British Railways did not exist. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 (edited) I've been rewatching 'The Professionals' yet again and a particularly favourite episode is 'A Stirring Of Dust' from series two which was filmed in September and October of 1978 and first broadcast on Saturday 25th November 1978. Robert Urquhart plays an aging spy returning to Blighty from Russia to see his daughter before falling off his perch, he arrives at Dover on the ferry then boards a train to Victoria. On Thursday 21st September Urquhart and the second unit film crew took the 08.44 from Victoria to Dover, shot various scenes around the harbour then boarded the 16.00 train back to town, aboard which they shot more footage in a pre-booked second class compartment, and arrived back in London just after 18.00 having had a nice day out at the seaside! Edited January 27 by Rugd1022 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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