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Kit Spackman in HD on BBC4

Started by Nigel Bunker, February 24, 2015, 02:21:05 PM

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Nigel Bunker

February 24, 2015, 02:21:05 PM
A sight I never thought to see.

A very enjoyable programme with the early 1980s Jimmy Saville adverts neatly airbrushed into obscurity.

Nice interview Kit - does a new career in TV becon?
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Weaver

#1
February 24, 2015, 02:52:35 PM
Whatwherewhenwhyhow?
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Thorvic

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February 24, 2015, 03:27:55 PM
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b053pxdr/timeshift-series-14-5-the-nations-railway-the-golden-age-of-british-rail

    Series 14: 5. The Nation's Railway: The Golden Age of British Rail

Seems odd seeing Kit on telly without his hat !
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PR19_Kit

#3
February 24, 2015, 03:32:56 PM
Oh gawd, I thought I'd kept that hidden.

Actually that's the seventh TV prog I've done, all on the APT of course. Glad you liked it. :)
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Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

scooter

#4
February 24, 2015, 03:36:50 PM
And of course, us poor sods outside the UK are blocked  :banghead:
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Captain Canada

#5
February 24, 2015, 03:40:05 PM
Yes blocked...too bad really, especially for us Commonwealth folk   :blink:

Can anybody get a screen cap for us ? Then at least we can see him without his hat  :thumbsup:

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CANADA KICKS arse !!!!

Long Live the Commonwealth !!!
Vive les Canadiens !
Where's my beer ?

PR19_Kit

#6
February 24, 2015, 03:41:09 PM
Quote from: scooter on February 24, 2015, 03:36:50 PM
And of course, us poor sods outside the UK are blocked  :banghead:

Eh? I wonder why?  :unsure:

Ah, I know. Because it's a BBC progamme we UK citizens have paid for it via our licence fees and those outside haven't, how silly.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

PR19_Kit

#7
February 24, 2015, 03:48:23 PM Last Edit: September 23, 2017, 04:23:34 PM by PR19_Kit
Here you are, taken in TC2 on the APT-E in the museum at Shildon about a year ago, wearing my smart blazer and APT tie of course.  ;D

Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Chris Payne

#8
February 24, 2015, 04:09:24 PM
Just watched it on iPlayer.  :thumbsup:
Chris.

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Weaver

#9
February 24, 2015, 04:20:39 PM
Just watched it through on the iplayer, despite not being a licence payer (can of worms, isn't it?)... ;)

Well done Kit, both yourself and the story came across really well. :thumbsup:
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

Captain Canada

#10
February 24, 2015, 04:38:58 PM
Cool. Looking good Sir ! No idea what you are talking about, but there are lots of bells and whistles behind you !

:cheers:
CANADA KICKS arse !!!!

Long Live the Commonwealth !!!
Vive les Canadiens !
Where's my beer ?

PR19_Kit

#11
February 24, 2015, 04:59:26 PM Last Edit: September 23, 2017, 04:24:15 PM by PR19_Kit
Quote from: Captain Canada on February 24, 2015, 04:38:58 PM
Cool. Looking good Sir ! No idea what you are talking about, but there are lots of bells and whistles behind you !

:cheers:

That's the instrumentation rack in Trailer Car 2 on the Advanced Passenger Train Experimental. I had the good luck to be the tilt system development engineer on the train and spent six years on the project, and I still look after it now it's in a museum. This is the train itself, TC2 is the second vehicle from the right.

Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

kitnut617

#12
February 24, 2015, 06:25:01 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 24, 2015, 03:41:09 PM
Quote from: scooter on February 24, 2015, 03:36:50 PM
And of course, us poor sods outside the UK are blocked  :banghead:

Eh? I wonder why?  :unsure:

Ah, I know. Because it's a BBC progamme we UK citizens have paid for it via our licence fees and those outside haven't, how silly.

Yes but we pay for it all over again Kit, plus whatever commercials they put on through it.
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Rheged

#13
February 25, 2015, 12:03:13 PM
To be repeated at 10.00 pm on Thursday 26th on BBC4.
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you....."
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Nick

#14
February 25, 2015, 01:47:24 PM
That was a very good, informative and honest look at British Railways in the postwar era. Too many people wear rose-tinted specs when looking back at the days of steam.
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