Trainspotting Live

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British Rail Class 800 of the Intercity Express Program

Trainspotting Live was a largely live broadcast television program on the BBC Four thatairedJuly 11-13, 2016.

concept

The concept was similar to previous BBC live broadcasts such as Airport Live and Volcano Live . The show was presented by Peter Snow , Hannah Fry , Dick Strawbridge and Tim Dunn from the Didcot Railway Center in Didcot . Trainspotting Live also showed pre-recorded reports and interviews. The live cameras showed rail traffic on the nearby Great Western Main Line . During the broadcast, viewers were asked to submit recently recorded videos of trains and were given the task of documenting the sighting of a special locomotive and an unusual train nicknamed "The Holy Grail of the Rail" as a so-called trainspotter sift through.

Episode list

episode First broadcast Audience Table of contents
1 July 11, 2016 775,000 Peter Snow challenged Ian McMillan to write a poem about the Flying Scotsman . Trainspotter Tim Dunn was commissioned to document the Black Five steam locomotive, and Dick Strawbridge documented live from Doncaster station .
2 July 12, 2016 675,000 The team focused on diesel locomotives, particularly the British Rail Class 37 and Intercity 125 . Hannah Fry interviewed Sir Kenneth Grange about the design of the Intercity 125. Tim Dunn was in Carlisle documenting a Class 37 while you documented in Swindon.
3 July 13, 2016 508,000 The team predicted the future of rail transport. Dick Strawbridge documented from Clapham Junction , while Tim an exclusive ride on the brand new British Rail Class 800 of the Intercity Express Program of the Great Western Railway landed.

Criticism and controversy

In the first episode, Peter Snow accidentally said that a five month old video from a Class 66 was broadcast live when it was delivered. This led to complaints from train spotters and the faux pas was featured on the cover of The Sun magazine . A spokesman for the BBC said the show made a mistake in the excitement of a live broadcast (that "the show had made a mistake in the 'excitement of a live broadcast'").

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Viewership figures determined by the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB).
  2. ↑ a b c www.barb.co.uk/.../weekly-top-10
  3. ↑ Episode 1 - Trainspotting Live . BBC. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  4. ↑ Episode 2 - Trainspotting Live . BBC. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  5. ↑ Episode 3 - Trainspotting Live . BBC. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  6. ↑ BBC admits it showed five-month-old 'live' footage in Trainspotting show . The Telegraph. Retrieved July 14, 2016.