Great Railway Journeys of the World

by Michael Frayn (Contributor)

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This is based on the BBC TV series from long, long ago. Worth watching then and well worth watching again if ever repeated; and if not, well, the stories are here in the book
The book of the television series, produced by Roger Laughton in 1981 for the BBC. The series launched Michael Palin (of 'Monty Python' fame) as a professional traveller for television.

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Michael Frayn is the author of the award-winning "Copenhagen" & twelve other plays, including "Noises Off". The most recent of his nine novels is "Headlong", a New York Times Editor's Choice & Booker Prize finalist. He lives in London. (Bowker Author Biography)

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Kennedy, Ludovic (Contributor)
Kington, Miles (Contributor)
Laughton, Roger (Introduction)
Palin, Michael (Contributor)
Robson, Eric (Contributor)
Thompson, Brian (Contributor)
Wood, Michael (Contributor)

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There are two groups of rail buffs.
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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Among the sounds of a summer afternoon isn't that Mallartd we can hear away down the valley?

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Travel, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
910.4History & geographyGeography & travelmodified standard subdivisions of Geography and travelPirates & Shipwrecks
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TF20 .G73TechnologyRailroad engineering and operationRailroad engineering and operation
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