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  • Timeshift Between the Lines: Railways in Fiction and Film (Season 8, Episode 2)
  • TV Episode | Documentary

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Between the Lines: Railways in Fiction and Film (Season 8, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Documentary
Novelist Andrew Martin presents a documentary examining how the train and the railways came to shape the work of writers and film-makers. At the beginning of the railway age, locomotives were seen as frightening and unnatural - Wordsworth ...See moreNovelist Andrew Martin presents a documentary examining how the train and the railways came to shape the work of writers and film-makers. At the beginning of the railway age, locomotives were seen as frightening and unnatural - Wordsworth decried the destruction of the countryside, while Dickens wrote about locomotives as murderous brutes, bent on the destruction of mere humans. Martin traces how trains gradually began to be accepted -Holmes and Watson were frequent passengers- until by the time of The Railway Children they were something to be loved, a symbol of innocence and Englishness. He shows how trains made for unforgettable cinema in The 39 Steps and Brief Encounter, and how when the railways fell out of favour after the 1950s, their plight was highlighted in the films of John Betjeman. Finally, Martin asks whether, in the 21st century, Britain's railways can still stir and inspire artists. Written by Anonymous See less
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Writer
Andrew Martin (written by)
Cinematographers
Andrew Dishman | Pete Hayns
Editor
Alex Kirkland
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Status
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Updated Oct 9, 2008
Release date
Oct 9, 2008 (United Kingdom)

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Andrew Martin
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Timeshift (2002)
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Peter Ashley
Self - Editor, Railway Rhymes Self - Editor, Railway Rhymes   See fewer
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Ian Jack
Self - Journalist and Author Self - Journalist and Author   See fewer
Timeshift (2002)
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Christian Wolmar
Self - Railway Historian Self - Railway Historian   See fewer
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