Popular Post timdunn Posted August 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 9, 2021 We NEARLY got to King William St, but Covid restrictions meant that filming underground in certain places is less than optimal. Best leave things to be done well, than rush them just because you can. I and the team have really appreciated the comments in this thread btw - please be assured that they are all read. This is TV that is made by people who care to be enjoyed by people who care. Incidentally, RAIL mag printed my "how we made..." feature on it. Obv it simplifies the zillion processes that were completed, but I hope this gives a bit of an idea. Stef and Paul at RAIL decided to put it online so that anyone can read it - because it's the sort of thing that people enjoy long-term. Cheers, Tim. https://www.railmagazine.com/news/rail-features/2021/08/04/how-we-made-secrets-of-the-london-underground Incidentally, tonight we did two (TWO!) features on block signalling. On national telly! Never thought I'd be doing THAT, and esp not with such a great explainer as Jarley from TfL. Am quietly content. 22 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted August 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 9, 2021 55 minutes ago, timdunn said: Incidentally, tonight we did two (TWO!) features on block signalling. On national telly! If James May can make reassembling lawnmowers tv then anything’s possible! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flubrush Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 On 09/08/2021 at 17:54, RJS1977 said: Unfortunately that would be in the period when the BBC routinely wiped and re-used tapes, so the chances of its survival are slim. In the 1970s, such a programme would probably be made on film so there could be a chance of its survival since modern film has excellent storage properties. Jim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted August 10, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 10, 2021 1 hour ago, flubrush said: In the 1970s, such a programme would probably be made on film so there could be a chance of its survival since modern film has excellent storage properties. Jim. Some info here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056751/alternateversions?tab=cz&ref_=tt_trv_alt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted August 10, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 10, 2021 On 09/08/2021 at 21:10, Engineer said: Under London Expedition? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qoG0ACt3UA Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnCTRV5EwPk Part 2 Having trouble getting links in place, so far, will try again. Hope the above is enough to use. Early in my career, I was fortunate to make a site visit to King William Street, and walk down the tunnels as far as the construction shaft under the river. The whole site is totally altered now, thanks to redevelopment above. That's the one! Four parts on YouTube, the complete programme by the looks of it. Slightly quirky in the way it is presented but overall a good watch. Astounded it has survived. I presume someone found it on an old home VHS recording somewhere... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted August 26, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 26, 2021 Well, finally managed to catch up with the last two episodes yesterday. A very good series all round I must say and deserves a second one. I don't suppose the very atmospheric soundtrack/background music is available anywhere is it? Also harking back to an earlier post about the abandoned Northern Line extensions, does anyone have a copy of the Northern Wastes book for sale for a sensible price please? Ebay has only turned up the one at an exorbitant price because it is signed plus there seems to be two versions, one with a brownish cover, the other black? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted August 26, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 26, 2021 Have you tried ABE books? Sorry no link. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Huw Griffiths Posted September 13, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 13, 2021 (edited) Immediately after the first screening of episode 1 of the series 3 of "The Architecture The Railways Built", there was a repeat of 2 episodes of "Secrets Of The London Underground". The car from the 1980s green prototype train was of interest to me - mainly because I remember travelling on it in February 1987, when it was used on the Jubilee Line. Although the trains were brightly coloured (and looked somewhat incongruous), I don't recall seeing too much in the way of branding on them (of course, I might just have not been looking too hard). The 3 prototype trains were split up - with sections of each train marshalled together to form trains. These trains were used in passenger service for a short time - with some distinctly anodyne questionnaire forms made available for passengers to fill in. In case anyone's wondering how I can be so definite about when this was, at the time I was a 21 year old student on an industrial training year. At the time, British Rail offered a February "wow deal" to people with Young Person's Railcards - InterCity returns between pretty much any 2 stations for something like a fiver a "pop" (after a certain time, I think) - and no need to book in advance. (I seem to recall that a similar deal a year later also came in rather useful ... .) In my case, I took a week's annual leave - took (and failed) my second driving test on the Monday - and did a series of day trips from Hartford (on the WCML, a couple of kilometres from my lodgings in Northwich) to London. You can safely assume that my Travelcard got a serious workout. Huw. Edited September 14, 2021 by Huw Griffiths The curse of auto "correct" strikes again! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul.Uni Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 Series 2 coming next year. 8 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 I wonder how they're going to fill another ten episodes? (Hint, behind the scenes at the Baker St/Chiltern Court coal siding would be good, then I can finish the micro layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted December 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2021 On 15/12/2021 at 12:20, Paul.Uni said: Series 2 coming next year. Good stuff You can keep delving through the archives as much as you like and Siddy can even make tiles interesting! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Huw Griffiths Posted December 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2021 8 hours ago, 298 said: I wonder how they're going to fill another ten episodes? (Hint, behind the scenes at the Baker St/Chiltern Court coal siding would be good, then I can finish the micro layout. Well, I guess it's either that or "train spotting" at "West Ashfield". OK - perhaps not ... . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham108 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Anybody got an update on the broadcasting dates for this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Huw Griffiths Posted April 17, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 17, 2022 (edited) No "inside information" - but the fact that "Yesterday" are showing trailers telling us they're "coming soon", whilst not specifying a "start of series" broadcast date, suggests to me the weeks starting 25th April or 2nd May. Obviously, I could be very much mistaken. Edit: It turns out that I was not mistaken. The trailers have now been tweaked - "Yesterday" will show series 2 of "Secrets of the London Underground" from Thursday 5th May. I'm looking forward to this - and hoping we also get further series of both this and "Architecture the Railways Built". Edited April 19, 2022 by Huw Griffiths Updated, due to "Yesterday" giving a broadcast date. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul.Uni Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 7 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Looking foward to it, PVR set to stun...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platform 1 Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Enjoying Series 2 very much. But I'm finding the speech/music levels difficult during voice-overs - filmed dialogue is fine. Is it our telly (2.0 speakers) or is anyone else noticing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted May 31, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2022 I've also been enjoying the last couple of programmes very much indeed, but am annoyed with myself for missing the first couple of programmes. For some reason, we can't get UKTV catch-up at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platform 1 Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 In case it helps Cap'n, here's a direct link to Series 2, Episode 1: https://uktvplay.uktv.co.uk/shows/secrets-of-the-london-underground/watch-online/6305331210112 Otherwise, knowing UKTV programming, there'll be many repeats... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted June 2, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 2, 2022 I have been watching through he UKTV Player app and the episodes are all there. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted June 3, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 3, 2022 On 31/05/2022 at 20:55, Platform 1 said: In case it helps Cap'n, here's a direct link to Series 2, Episode 1: https://uktvplay.uktv.co.uk/shows/secrets-of-the-london-underground/watch-online/6305331210112 Otherwise, knowing UKTV programming, there'll be many repeats... Thanks, I should be able at least to watch the 'missing' episodes on my computer, even if I can't access them on my TV. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coppercap Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 The latest episode has an item about Ongar Station. Apparently...in 1918 Ongar was sending 22,000 tons of milk to Stratford every week. That's 3,142 tons of milk per day! A lot of milk, a lot of cows! Methinks someone's either got the calculations or the units wrong! (Metric tonnes or imperial tons, it doesn't matter that much...). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold nigb55009 Posted June 4, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 4, 2022 Do you think they meant pints of milk? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coppercap Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 21 minutes ago, nigb55009 said: Do you think they meant pints of milk? I don't know, maybe gallons, but Siddy definitely said 22,000 tons per week... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold nigb55009 Posted June 4, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 4, 2022 A six wheel tank held about 3000 gallons, IIRC. So that would be seven or eight tanks daily, which sounds more likely. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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