Caught On A Train was a critically successful Britishtelevision drama written by Stephen Poliakoff, based on an overnight train journey across Europe, and following the route of a journey Poliakoff had himself made from London to Vienna. It was originally shown on BBC1 on October 31, 1980. Stephen Poliakoff (born December 1, 1952) is an acclaimed British playwright, director and scriptwriter, widely judged amongst Britains foremost television dramatists. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Inhabitants according to official census figures: 1800 to 2005 Vienna in 1858 Vienna (German: Wien ) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the primary channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
The play starred Dame Peggy Ashcroft and Michael Kitchen, with the main supporting cast featuring Wendy Raebeck and Michael Sheard, with a soundtrack by the jazz composer Mike Westbrook. The production won a BAFTA Television Award and other plaudits in 1980, and was re-shown by the BBC in 2001 and 2006. It was released on DVD by BBC Worldwide in 2004, with an audio commentary from Poliakoff and producer Kenith Trodd. Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, DBE (22 December 1907–14 June 1991) was an English actress. ... Michael Kitchen (born October 31, 1948 in Leicester) is an English actor. ... Michael Sheard Michael Sheard (born 18 June 1940 in Aberdeen, died 31 August 2005) was a Scottish actor who featured in a large number of films and television programmes. ... Mike Westbrook (b. ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... This article is about the year 2001. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... DVD (commonly Digital Versatile Disc, previously Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A major selling point of DVD video is that its storage capacity allows for a wide variety of extra features in addition to the feature film itself. ...
In "Caught on a Train", the journey is unpleasant, dirty, noisy, and with a total lack of privacy.
The train is the backdrop for the whole film, and the shots of the vintage express are woth the price of the DVD for those who love trains (me).
The scenes from the train of stations, rivers, industrial areas and farm land will probably never be seen again in quite the same way, as Europe has "modernized" it's old cities farms (progress from the perspective of those who value success as the reason for living, a disaster for those who cherish the past).
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