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CalMac clearly believes the line about all publicity being good publicity. Why else would the ferry operator in the eye of a political storm offer itself up for a fly-on-the-wall documentary?
(Permalink) BBC Caledonian MacBrayne

Gourock based ferry firm CalMac is the subject of a new fly on the wall TV documentary which begins this weekend.
(Permalink) BBC Caledonian MacBrayne

It is described as a real-time thriller set on a sleeper train travelling from Glasgow to London.
(Permalink) BBC Drama Nightsleeper Sleeper train

The BBC has commissioned a new suspense thriller set on a sleeper train travelling from Glasgow to London.
(Permalink) BBC Caledonian Sleeper

The issues raised by the BBC Disclosure programme, as reported by BBC Scotland today (27 September 2022), make serious and concerning allegations. The details came to the awareness of the current CMAL Board and senior management team for the first time on 8 September 2022 when we received detailed questions from the BBC Disclosure team.
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CalMac has announced an eight-part documentary that will go behind the scenes on the ferry company's operations.
(Permalink) BBC Caledonian MacBrayne

Avanti West Coast routes feature in 'Strangers on a Train', a new Radio Four comedy series with actor and author Alexei Sayle.
(Permalink) Avanti West Coast BBC Radio 4 Strangers on a Train

Largs' famous landmarks and stories of the town's history will be showcased on a BBC show airing on Monday.

TV presenter Michael Portillo will be evoking the spirit of the Battle of Largs as he becomes a Viking for a day in the upcoming episode of Great Coastal Railway Journeys.
(Permalink) BBC Great Coastal Railway Journeys Hunterston Power Station Largs Michael Portillo Vikings Wemyss Bay


Largs: A Viking longboat at Largs Station. Design supplied by the Scottish Maritime Museum.
John Yellowlees 03/06/2018


Largs: A Glasgow to Largs DMU approaching its destination in May 1984, taken from the overbridge. The road on the left is Rockland Park. The Pencil stands in the background. See image [[51154]]
Colin Miller /05/1984


Largs: The 'Pencil' and the Largs Branch in 1990 when it was still showing the scars of lifting the northbound line.
Ewan Crawford //1990

TV presenter and former politician Michael Portillo reaches Thurso this evening on the latest leg of his exploration of Britain's rail routes.
(Permalink) BBC Far North Line Michael Portillo Thurso


Thurso: Afternoon service to Inverness boarding at Thurso on 28 August 2007.
John Furnevel 28/8/2007

Michael Portillo begins a series of coastal railway journeys around the British Isles. Episode 1: Dunbar to Edinburgh
(Permalink) BBC Great Coastal Railway Journeys Michael Portillo

TV presenter Michael Portillo has taken a trip on the Tyne and Wear Metro and the Shields Ferry for his latest series of Great British Railway Journeys. Portillo, who has become renowned for his railway travel programmes on the BBC, took two journeys on the Metro and a Tyne crossing on the ferry from North Shields to South Shields. He was given permission to film in the ferry's wheelhouse with crew members Nathan Williamson and David Kirkhouse. His two trips on the Metro saw him travel from Central Station in Newcastle to Tynemouth on Friday 20 August, and from South Shields back to Newcastle on Saturday 21 August.
The new series is due to be broadcast in the Spring of 2022.
(Permalink) BBC Michael Portillo Shields Ferry Tyne and Wear Metro


North Shields: Refurbished and re-liveried T&W Metro set 4075 calls at North Shields on 12 June.
Veronica Clibbery 12/06/2013


South Shields: The Metro terminus at South Shields, opened on 24 March 1984. The station is seen here looking west along the platform in July 2004. The train about to depart is the 13.32 to St James via the coast. S ...
John Furnevel 10/07/2004

Inside Central Station will return to BBC Scotland after reaching nearly 700,000 Scots to date.

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