TV Alert

[MattyH]

Michael Portillo's Great British Railways Journey is from Carlisle to Alton Towers this week. The Alton Towers episode will be broadcast tomorrow at 6:30pm on BBC2

 

[BarryZola]

Good looking out good sir. I shall set it to record. Thanking you very much

Edit - Short bit from the description of tomorrow's episode:

'After stoking the fire on the steam-powered Churnet Valley Railway, Michael alights at Froghall for Alton Towers, to trace the 19th-century origins of the modern theme park.'

 

[MattyH]

Just seen the preview for tonights episode: Mr. Portillo takes a ride on Rita!

 

[Ted]

Just watched this. It was interesting, although when Michael Portillo got off Rita he was obviously told to say "I've never been accelerated to 60MPH in 2.5 seconds whilst 4.5 G forces pressures on my body"

 

[BarryZola]

Well, they managed to fit most of the main points in to such a short segment. However, it didn't go un-noticed that the Towers representative called the house 18th century (when stood in the Hex queueline), when she obviously would have meant 1800s

 

[Ted]

Here's a link on iPlayer if anyone wants to watch it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod...h-railway-journeys-series-7-5-ashley-to-alton

The bit about Towers starts at 21:26

 

[delta79]

I see it was filmed before 2nd June. It was fun watching Portillo getting a rita launch on the front seat.

 

[MattyH]

I was hoping he was going to read his guide on nemesis

 

[Skyscraper]

Michael Portillo's Great British Railways Journey is from Carlisle to Alton Towers this week. The Alton Towers episode will be broadcast tomorrow at 6:30pm on BBC2

thanks! i've just watched it- it was really interesting, plus i learnt a fact about Hex's building that i didn't know!