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The Train Now Departing: Twenty Years After the End of Steam is a 1988 BBC Two documentary series about railways that was broadcast 20 years after the end of steam on British Railways. [1] It was written and narrated by Anthony Smith. [1] A book to accompany the series was also published by BBC Books with photographs by Ivo Peters. [2]
The series was made and set during the Celtic Tiger economic period in Ireland and this features mainly through Tony Doyle’s character, Brian Quigley. The show is also set amid the backdrop of the Catholic Church scandal and explores controversial themes of the time such as divorce (which had only been legalised a year before the series began ...
The Story of English is a nine-part television series, produced in 1986, detailing the development of the English language. [1] The Story of English is also a companion book, also produced in 1986. The book and the television series were written by Robert MacNeil, Robert McCrum, and William Cran. [2]
A cosy mystery series set in beautiful British and European gardens, Rosemary & Thyme features two women, brought together by a sudden death, who discover their shared love of the soil. Being gardeners means that they overhear secrets and dig up clues which lead them to handle floral problems, solve crimes and capture criminals.
Fry's English Delight is a BBC Radio 4 documentary series in which language enthusiast Stephen Fry explores various aspects of the English language. [ 1 ] The title is an allusion to the British confectionery Fry's Turkish Delight .
The last Sherlock episode of series 3, [25] "His Last Vow" was first broadcast on BBC One on Sunday 12 January 2014 between 8:30pm and 10:00pm GMT. [26] Overnight, the episode was watched by 8.77 million viewers, [ 27 ] a 31.9% share, which was down from 9.2 million (33.8%) for the opening episode of the series, " The Empty Hearse ". [ 28 ]
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The Final Cut is a 1995 BBC television serial, the third part of the House of Cards trilogy. Directed by Mike Vardy, the serial, based on Michael Dobbs's 1994 novel of the same name, was adapted for television by Andrew Davies.