What locomotive is in the article?

look forward to watching this and then my recording of MAFS

Griff returns with another Great Australian Rail Trip tonight on ABC

Just what we need...

Two British comedians trying to explain Australia to a disinterested British audience in quick succession on separate channels...

Peter

You are right Brenton, it is all a matter of opinion and taste. I like Griff's show. As others said the primary audience is the UK market. It helps to generate interest hopefully one or two will decide to spend some money in this land.

I really liked his Slow train through Africa series. Not many mainstream TV shows cover rail activity in that part of the world. The exception is Chris Tarrant. Now that is a polarising presenter. I do like his show as it has more rail related scenes compared to Great Journeys. But his style can be grating.

You are right Brenton, it is all a matter of opinion and taste. I like Griff's show. As others said the primary audience is the UK market. It helps to generate interest hopefully one or two will decide to spend some money in this land.

I really liked his Slow train through Africa series. Not many mainstream TV shows cover rail activity in that part of the world. The exception is Chris Tarrant. Now that is a polarising presenter. I do like his show as it has more rail related scenes compared to Great Journeys. But his style can be grating.

I watched Griff again this week and liked this ep more than the WA one that I saw a few weeks back (?). Watched Portillo doing the Ghan straight afterwards (again) and still prefer Michael but each to their own

And I agree re Tarrant, I love his stuff, I think he aims a bit more at rail enthusiasts with his content whereas the others are aiming for a broader audience so dumb it down a bit.

Anyhoo the more rail content on the box the better, who would have thunk it that there would be such a wide range of options to choose from!

You are right Brenton, it is all a matter of opinion and taste. I like Griff's show. As others said the primary audience is the UK market. It helps to generate interest hopefully one or two will decide to spend some money in this land.

I really liked his Slow train through Africa series. Not many mainstream TV shows cover rail activity in that part of the world. The exception is Chris Tarrant. Now that is a polarising presenter. I do like his show as it has more rail related scenes compared to Great Journeys. But his style can be grating.

I watched Griff again this week and liked this ep more than the WA one that I saw a few weeks back (?). Watched Portillo doing the Ghan straight afterwards (again) and still prefer Michael but each to their own

And I agree re Tarrant, I love his stuff, I think he aims a bit more at rail enthusiasts with his content whereas the others are aiming for a broader audience so dumb it down a bit.

Anyhoo the more rail content on the box the better, who would have thunk it that there would be such a wide range of options to choose from!

Yes, I am delightfully surprised at the ongoing level of interest that programmers have in railways; and in prime time to boot.

All three of Portillo, Tarrant and Griff have something to offer, and I am happy to while away an hour with any of them. I must say though that I do like Chris Tarrant searching out some of the lesser known journeys.

I sometimes wonder just what is left to cover! Perhaps great metro systems of the world? (or is that already done?)

There was an eminently forgettable doco about Metro and Flinders Street a few months ago, the highlight of which was some poor woman cleaning up a heap of vomit on a train. I think that it was one of a series but I did not pursue any of the others.

'I sometimes wonder just what is left to cover! Perhaps great metro systems of the world? (or is that already done?)'.

There was an eminently forgettable doco about Metro and Flinders Street a few months ago, the highlight of which was some poor woman cleaning up a heap of vomit on a train. I think that it was one of a series but I did not pursue any of the others.

Tarrant definitely gets off the beaten track and has more rail content, but he needs to be reminded that the British Empire died a long time ago.

Gave up on Portillo long before he got to Australia.  

Watched Griff for the first time last night which was predictably disappointing - even my son, who's #nottagunzel, said "where's the trains?"  

I would have thought the street running at Rocky or some cane trains would have been more interesting, even to a wider audience, than a 5-minute lecture on bull sperm?

'I sometimes wonder just what is left to cover! Perhaps great metro systems of the world? (or is that already done?)'.

There was an eminently forgettable doco about Metro and Flinders Street a few months ago, the highlight of which was some poor woman cleaning up a heap of vomit on a train. I think that it was one of a series but I did not pursue any of the others.There are some already, particularly based on London.

eg the TV series London Underground and The Tube: Going Underground.

There were spin-offs on Paddington etc.