Dispatches: Train Journeys from Hell
- Synopsis
- The taxpayer has been spending billions to upgrade the British rail network yet many passengers have complained of high ticket prices, overcrowded carriages and cancellations. Dispatches asked actor Richard Wilson to investigate the state of the railways a few weeks ahead of a major Government spending review on the trains. He experiences the hustle and bustle of the daily train commute, and interviews train experts and industry insiders as well as everyday commuters. As members of the public tell their stories on Dispatches’ Train Journeys from Hell website (http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/articles/train-journeys-from-hell), Richard finds that buying tickets and travelling on the trains is no easy task.
- Series
- Dispatches, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2011
- Year of production
- 2011
- Notes
- Broadcast on C4 on 21/3/2011
- Subjects
- Travel & tourism
- Keywords
- transport; rail travel; travel infrastructure
Credits
- Contributor
- Richard Wilson
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £30.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 60 minutes
- Year
- 2011
- Type
- VHS
- Format
- PAL
- Price
- £25.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 60 minutes
- Year
- 2011
Distributor
- Name
Hardcash Productions
- hardcash@hardcashproductions.com
- Web
- http://www.hardcashproductions.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7253 2782
- Fax
- 020 7253 2761
- Address
- 35 Waterside
44-48 Wharf Road
London
N1 7UX - Notes
- Hardcash Productions, founded by David Henshaw, is an independpent production company specialising in investigative and undercover documentary films, many of them broadcast in the Dispatches series on Channel 4. Recent programmes have studied NHS terminal care, hate and violence in Muslim schools in the UK, and abuse by employers of illegal domestic workers. The company has also built a reputation for penetrating some of the most hostile territories in the world - North Korea. Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Saudi Arabia. Sale on video or DVD.
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