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New BBC Documentary on Crossrail

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New BBC Documentary on Crossrail 18/07/2014 at 12:01 #62833
welshdragon
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The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway

UK Only:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04b7cbj/the-fifteen-billion-pound-railway-1-urban-heart-surgery

Part 1 of 3, Airs next Thursday, and the Thursday after

Very enjoyable

Last edited: 18/07/2014 at 14:07 by welshdragon
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New BBC Documentary on Croassrail: 18/07/2014 at 12:16 #62834
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I thought it was very good. Looking back at the clips of the Victoria Line being built the H&S bods would have a field day today. They were basically building it in shorts and wellies!!

How things change!

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New BBC Documentary on Croassrail: 18/07/2014 at 12:40 #62835
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" said:
Airs next Thursday, and the Thursday after

The Thursday airing at 2320/2350(Scotland) are a repeat of the main airing at 2100 on Wednesday. All on BBC2

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New BBC Documentary on Croassrail: 18/07/2014 at 12:47 #62836
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Fascinating programme. A bit hairy when they had to do the 'eye of the needle' between the trains and escalator at the Tube station. Can't help wondering how much more can be excavated from under London before the whole lot subsides!
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New BBC Documentary on Croassrail: 18/07/2014 at 13:03 #62837
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From the title of this thread I thought this was somewhere in Croatia... :silly:* Maybe the OP or a mod could correct this.

The actual title of this 3-part BBC2 documentary is The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway. Although BBC iPlayer is not available to viewers down under, rest assured the series is accessible via other well-known avenues.

*This is how we look to you when we smile in Australia.

Last edited: 18/07/2014 at 13:05 by maxand
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New BBC Documentary on Crossrail: 18/07/2014 at 14:36 #62839
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" said:
The actual title of this 3-part BBC2 documentary is The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway.
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The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway

Is it just me struggling to see how Welshdragon got the name of the program wrong?
Only difference I see is that max has linked to the program information with the name, where as Welshdraggon linked the iplayer page.

Last edited: 18/07/2014 at 14:37 by y10g9
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New BBC Documentary on Crossrail: 18/07/2014 at 15:04 #62840
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I added the name after Max commented on it
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New BBC Documentary on Crossrail: 18/07/2014 at 15:23 #62841
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I added the name after Max commented on it

Odd, i def read it when i looked at this topic the first time round. mind playing tricks on me

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New BBC Documentary on Crossrail: 18/07/2014 at 15:34 #62842
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I saw it but thought it was a bit dumbed down and repetitive, cutting back and forward covering the same point over and over again.

Peter

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New BBC Documentary on Crossrail: 18/07/2014 at 16:00 #62844
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That's the thing with documentaries these days, a lot of it's the same!
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New BBC Documentary on Crossrail 19/07/2014 at 13:29 #62879
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Quote:
From the title of this thread I thought this was somewhere in Croatia...
I was referring to the typo in the title of the thread, not in the original post. Thanks for correcting it. Agree it's padded out in places, but I found it really interesting and am looking forwards to the remaining episodes. At least it doesn't try to be as sensationalistic in the way many American documentaries are. I only wish we could achieve something like this in Melbourne.

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