Brunel The Little Giant - Thursday's 7:30 on HTV West

XPTE · Post by **XPTE** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 11:31 pm

Unfortunately this only applies to viewers in the HTV West region. There's a new 6 part series on HTV next Thursday at 7:30pm taking a look at both the Great Western mainline and Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Part 1 features London Paddington-Plymouth.

Worth a look if you're in the HTV West region.

222004 · Post by **222004** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 2:53 pm

Arghh! I don't think I'll be able to get that then

NOT FAIR!

montylowe2 · Post by **montylowe2** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 4:07 pm

Hi all

Cool!! HTV? what numbers thatsky dig wise? 5/6 somthing somthing

Reg.

Lowe

gblandford · Post by **gblandford** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 6:55 pm

Cool I will be able to see that then

XPTE · Post by **XPTE** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:12 pm

Will let you know what I think of the series next Thursday. Name of the programme by the way is "Brunel - the Little Giant". Might well cover more about Brunel himself, rather than the Great Western Mainline.

As for those of you who are in the wrong ITV region to watch it, don't feel too left out. You probably get some good railway programmes exclusive to your ITV region which all other ITV regions don't get either.

XPTE · Post by **XPTE** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 5:22 pm

Last reminder for tonight's show. 7:30 tonight ITV. Allmost forgot myself.

james10 · Post by **james10** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 5:43 pm

Same here !

XPTE · Post by **XPTE** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 8:06 pm

Mm..... Not too bad a programme. As expected by the series title, the programme is more about Isambard Kingdom Brunel himself and his architectural achievements, and limited material about the GWML itself. So of more interest to Brunel fans than GWML fans. Stil found it worth watching though.

From my initial post when I said that part 1 featured London-Plymouth, I did think that this would be an awful lot to squeeze into a 22/23 minute programme. Part 1 though featured a number of locations in London including Paddington station. Some modern day footage of HST's and Adelente's.

Further programmes in the series will feature Didcot, Swindon, Bristol, Taymar Bridge, and onto Plymouth.

james10 · Post by **james10** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 8:12 pm

Yep. Enjoyable programe, expect it will get more intresting during the series. Fav part was at Paddington station with all the MODERN rolling stock.

james10 · Post by **james10** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 7:18 pm

So whos watching this weeks epasode. (Sorry about spelling) On in 15 Minutes!

XPTE · Post by **XPTE** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 7:25 pm

Yes, it's on in 10 minutes. And I'll be watching!

Should be a bit more interesting this week too.

Christopher125 · Post by **Christopher125** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 7:29 pm

Hi

Also, at 1:25 Sunday in the South Today region, there will be a program on Brunel on BBC1

Chris

mattcarey · Post by **mattcarey** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 7:32 pm

i will be watching in the moment - it looks like it could have 45157 with the Dawlish Donkey?

Regards

Matthew

jdjonny · Post by **jdjonny** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 7:35 pm

ah yes, i'd almost forgotten about it!

Thanks for the reminder!

JDJonny

james10 · Post by **james10** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 7:48 pm

Didcot next!