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Post by DI Alex Drake on Jan 1, 2020 10:54:25 GMT
Really? That seems an odd choice, but then it did work!
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Post by Villain on Jan 1, 2020 12:13:42 GMT
Oh I love this! I saw both versions are about the same time. Probably when the latter was brand new. At the time I always preferred the new one; I suspect that that’s because Bobbie was played by Jemima Rooper who was George in The Famous Five and I was born a fan-girl . But I love both adaptations. Mum recorded both onto VHS for me at that time and I decorated the covers with cuttings from the TV magazine. Simpler times. The bit where Jenny Agutter cries “Daddy, my daddy!” Still makes my mum cry which I didn’t used to understand but I guess I do now. Mrs.Dakin was watching it yesterday in the front parlour while I was in the back parlour sorting out some 'Villain' photos on the PC, it went quiet for a moment then I heard Jenny saying her famous line ''Daddy, my Daddy'', have to admit I did start to well up a but, it always gets me! A great film and lest we forget, one of Lionel Jeffries' finest moments. Amazing to think that Bernard Cribbins is 91, there aren't many of his generation left now, let's hope he makes his century. Villain
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Jan 1, 2020 14:20:17 GMT
Another nice Lionel Jeffries film is 'The Amazing Mr Blunden', talkingpicturestv showed it on Christmas Day. Didn't realise that The Railway Children was a tv serial with Jenny Agutter before the film. I saw Sally Thomsett in a pre Railway Children episode of 'Nearest And Dearest' called 'The Birds And The Bees', she's no innocent child in this but a nubile teenager at a birthday party turning her nose up at the suggestion of playing 'pass the parcel', instead she takes part in a teen orgy & has a romp on the sofa with Sandy Richardson from 'Crossroads'
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Post by Sparky on Jan 1, 2020 18:10:10 GMT
Just watching this now!
I remember the first time I saw this film. Our school, along with another two schools used to hire a Cinema at Christmas - so you'd have a 800seat cinema with 3 or 4 different schools in (always a recipe for disaster - esp for those sat under the balcony...)
One of the first visits with school was to see the "Railway Children" - a great film. It was shot at good time - during the summer - so the countryside colors are really warm & vibrant.
It was shot at Keighley around 1969/70. I have been up to Keighley a few times -and it still really hasn't changed.
But saying that.....
I was last up there working on the "Great Train Robbery" a few years back - it was p*****g it down, middle of winter, freezing cold and a Million Miles away from the summer scenes in "Railway Children".
Though I managed to take a ton of photos, have a ride in the cab and go at driving a Diesel Class 40.... ..... heck!
I've been there myself a few times, I have sister who lives in Silsden, a nearby village. Was that the drama about the robbery made just a couple of years back? Yeah - it focussed more on the Police Investigation - Tom Chambers was in it, if I recall, Jim Broadbent played "Tommy Butler".
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Post by Sparky on Jan 1, 2020 19:16:48 GMT
Another nice Lionel Jeffries film is 'The Amazing Mr Blunden', talkingpicturestv showed it on Christmas Day. Didn't realise that The Railway Children was a tv serial with Jenny Agutter before the film. I saw Sally Thomsett in a pre Railway Children episode of 'Nearest And Dearest' called 'The Birds And The Bees', she's no innocent child in this but a nubile teenager at a birthday party turning her nose up at the suggestion of playing 'pass the parcel', instead she takes part in a teen orgy & has a romp on the sofa with Sandy Richardson from 'Crossroads'
Roger Tonge - "Sandy" in Crossroads.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Jan 2, 2020 1:04:20 GMT
Yeah - it focussed more on the Police Investigation - Tom Chambers was in it, if I recall, Jim Broadbent played "Tommy Butler". This was an excellent two-parter if I remember correctly, the first from the robbers' point of view and the second from the coppers' point of view. To me you can't fail with Jim Broadbent in a role, he is brilliant whatever he seems to play, funny or straight. In this program he came out with the classic line that has resonated with me ever since because of the truth it holds: I have to agree with him on that one. (In real life I mean, I'm excluding Gene) Sam.
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Post by Villain on Jan 2, 2020 12:07:16 GMT
Yes Sam that train robbery two parter was nicely done overall. Most of the details were spot on and they even managed to find a farm building which was pretty much a dead ringer (inside and out) for the real Letherslade Farm were the gang hid out for a few days. They also managed to replicate the shed where the ex-Army lorry was kept, and left in place when the gang did a runner. They had to use some GCI for the robbery scene which was surprisingly well done too. Villain
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Post by Three Litre on Jan 2, 2020 12:14:32 GMT
Yes Sam that train robbery two parter was nicely done overall. Most of the details were spot on and they even managed to find a farm building which was pretty much a dead ringer (inside and out) for the real Letherslade Farm were the gang hid out for a few days. They also managed to replicate the shed where the ex-Army lorry was kept, and left in place when the gang did a runner. They had to use some GCI for the robbery scene which was surprisingly well done too. Villain Hmmm.........you seem to know a surprising amount about the actual crime scene Villain, or should I say Nosher!
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Post by Sparky on Jan 2, 2020 13:06:06 GMT
Yes Sam that train robbery two parter was nicely done overall. Most of the details were spot on and they even managed to find a farm building which was pretty much a dead ringer (inside and out) for the real Letherslade Farm were the gang hid out for a few days. They also managed to replicate the shed where the ex-Army lorry was kept, and left in place when the gang did a runner. They had to use some GCI for the robbery scene which was surprisingly well done too. Villain Hmmm.........you seem to know a surprising amount about the actual crime scene Villain, or should I say Nosher! Could he be the "Ulsterman"?!!
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Post by Villain on Jan 2, 2020 16:03:50 GMT
Hmmm.........you seem to know a surprising amount about the actual crime scene Villain, or should I say Nosher! Could he be the "Ulsterman"?!! You ain't seen me right...? . Apologies for continuing the thread drift! Villain
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