Monday 9th/Channel 4/Men of Iron

petermakosch · Post by **petermakosch** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 6:17 pm

A new 3-part program begins on monday, channel 4 called "Men of Iron". The picture is one of Stepenson, and scanning through the proggie explanation is mentioned Brunel to, so it could be quite good, maybe about the building of the bridges and trains/rails?
Pete

FGWDriver929 · Post by **FGWDriver929** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 6:40 pm

Yeah, this should be worth watching. it's been on T.V. before (I have the book that accompanied the series) but I missed it before, so I'll have to check it out this time

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 12:04 pm

Blimey, Brunel is getting a lot of media coverage these days! Has he got a new agent or something? Wonder who the third Man of Iron is, assuming it's one programme per man?

davidaward · Post by **davidaward** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 12:06 pm

saddletank wrote:Blimey, Brunel is getting a lot of media coverage these days! Has he got a new agent or something?

Yep he had a big publicity officer called Jeremy Clarkson

who did a great job in his documentary on him for the 100 greateest Britons Poll.........

I reckon thought it is about time Brunel was given the national recognition he deserves,

Though Treverthick deserves more than he currently has

jjules · Post by **jjules** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 12:25 pm

Hmm, sounds like it could be interesting.

I'll have to tape it I suspect though, ready for watching at a less busy time. I'm hoping to put a lot of route building effort in next week to make up for my laziness in terms of MSTS this week.

When was it last aired?