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==Filming on the SVR== | ==Filming on the SVR== | ||
| − | 8 days of filming took place in March of that year using [[LMS Jinty 47383 | LMS Jinty (4)7383]]. SVR News included a photograph of 7383 and 4 carriages standing at [[Arley]] taken during filming on Sunday 23 March<ref>SVR News 80, pp 10-11.</ref>. | + | 8 days of filming took place in March of that year using [[LMS Jinty 47383 | LMS Jinty (4)7383]]. SVR News included a photograph of 7383 and 4 carriages standing at [[Arley]] taken during filming on Sunday 23 March, and stills from the programme show [[Northwood Halt]]<ref>SVR News 80, pp 10-11.</ref><ref>[https://www.stourbridgelineusergroup.info/files/Platform-2---Issue-19--A4-Large-Print-.pdf 'Platform 2', Stourbridge Line User Group, Issue 19, March 2020] (Retrieved 26 January 2022)</ref>. |
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 08:54, 26 January 2022
The Singing Detective was a noir-styled 1986 six-part BBC TV serial drama, written by Dennis Potter and starring Michael Gambon. Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his wartime childhood in the Forest of DeanWilliam Dean, Chief Locomotive Engineer of the Great Western Railway 1877-1902 and Chandleresque detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations, with himself in the title role. It won six BAFTAs and other awards.[1]
Filming on the SVRSevern Valley Railway
8 days of filming took place in March of that year using LMS Jinty (4)7383. SVRSevern Valley Railway News included a photograph of 7383 and 4 carriages standing at Arley taken during filming on Sunday 23 March, and stills from the programme show Northwood Halt[2][3].
See also
List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway
References
- ↑ Internet Movie Database (Retrieved 15 February 2017)
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 80, pp 10-11.
- ↑ 'Platform 2', Stourbridge Line User Group, Issue 19, March 2020 (Retrieved 26 January 2022)
