Ian Hislop Goes Off the Rails

2008
1 Hr 0 Mins
Documentary

Ian Hislop looks at the effect of the Beeching railway closures of the 1960s and examines whether Beeching and the government ministers made the right decision.

2008
1 Hr 0 Mins
Documentary

Ian Hislop looks at the effect of the Beeching railway closures of the 1960s and examines whether Beeching and the government ministers made the right decision.

Director

1 Credit

Deborah Lee

Actor

17 Credits

Ian Hislop

Self - Presenter

Richard Morant

Extracts read by

Charles Loft

Self - Author, 'Government, Railways and the Modernisation of Britain'

Christian Wolmar

Self - Author, 'Fire and Steam - A New History of the Railways in Britain'

Jonathan Glancey

Self - Architectural Critic, Author, 'John Betjeman on Trains'

John Nunneley

Self - Chief Publicity Officer, British Transport Commission, 1962-1963

Bill Bradshaw

Self - Junior Manager, British Railways, 1963, Liberal Democrat Transport Spokesman

Richard Marsh

Self - Government Minister, 1966-1970

Richard Beeching

Self

Ernest Marples

Self

Tony Hancock

Self

Harold MacMillan

Self

Harold Wilson

Self

John Betjeman

John Betjeman

Self

Madge Elliott

Self - Housewife

Trevor Knight

Self - Former Railway Worker

Rod Thompson

Self - Former Railway Worker

Producer

1 Credit

Deborah Lee

Cinematographer

4 Credits

Patrick Acum

Jim Ashcroft

Louis Caulfield

Brendan Easton

Editor

1 Credit

Gareth Johnson