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*Trainspotting Live*
Trainspotting Live
Presented by	Peter Snow; Hannah Fry; Dick Strawbridge; Tim Dunn
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Executive producer	Becky Colls
Producers	Joanne Ashman; Rory Barker
Production location	United Kingdom
Editor	Brian Campbell
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC Four
Release	11 July –; 13 July 2016

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Trainspotting Live is a live television programme broadcast on BBC Four over three nights from 11 July 2016. It followed on from similar live programmes on the BBC such as Airport Live and Volcano Live.

Programme

The show was presented by Peter Snow, Hannah Fry, Dick Strawbridge and Tim Dunn from the Didcot Railway Centre in Didcot. Trainspotting Live also featured pre-recorded reports and interviews as well as the real-time broadcast. Live cameras showed railway activity on the nearby Great Western Main Line.

During the broadcast, viewers were asked to send in footage of their recent spots, and were tasked with spotting a specific locomotive as well as a rare train, which was nicknamed "The Holy Grail of the Rail".

Episode list

Viewing figures from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB).^[1]

#	Title	Directed by	Original air date	Total viewers
1	"Episode 1"	Tony Gretch-Smith	11 July 2016 (2016-07-11)	775,000^[1]
Peter challenged Ian McMillan to write a poem about the Flying Scotsman. Tim was tasked with spotting the Black Five steam locomotive, and Dick spotted live from Doncaster station.^[2]
2	"Episode 2"	Tony Gretch-Smith	12 July 2016 (2016-07-12)	675,000^[1]
The team focused on diesel locomotives, particularly on the Class 37 and InterCity 125. Hannah interviewed Sir Kenneth Grange on the InterCity 125's design. Tim was at Carlisle to spot a Class 37 whilst Dick spotted from Swindon.^[3]
3	"Episode 3"	Tony Gretch-Smith	13 July 2016 (2016-07-13)	508,000^[1]
The team explored the future of rail travel. Dick spotted from Clapham Junction whilst Tim got an exclusive ride on the brand new Class 800 IEP with Great Western Railway^[4]

Criticism and controversy

In the first episode, Peter Snow mistakenly said that a five-month-old video of Class 66s on delivery was live. This resulted in complaints from the general public and as a result the incident made the front pages of The Sun newspaper. A spokesman from the BBC said that the show had made a mistake in the “excitement of a live broadcast.”^[5]

In the second episode, Peter Snow mistakenly called an LNER Thompson/Peppercorn Class K1 No. 62005 an LMS Black Five. This has angered and annoyed many trainspotters but only got as far as that.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Weekly top 10 programmes on TV sets (July 1998 – Sept 2018) | BARB".
^ "Episode 1 - Trainspotting Live". BBC. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
^ "Episode 2 - Trainspotting Live". BBC. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
^ "Episode 3 - Trainspotting Live". BBC. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
^ Graham, Chris (13 July 2016). "BBC admits it showed five-month-old 'live' footage in Trainspotting show". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 July 2016.

External links

Trainspotting Live at BBC Online

[BARB-1] "Weekly top 10 programmes on TV sets (July 1998 – Sept 2018) | BARB".

[2] "Episode 1 - Trainspotting Live". BBC. Retrieved 14 July 2016.

[3] "Episode 2 - Trainspotting Live". BBC. Retrieved 14 July 2016.

[4] "Episode 3 - Trainspotting Live". BBC. Retrieved 14 July 2016.

[5] Graham, Chris (13 July 2016). "BBC admits it showed five-month-old 'live' footage in Trainspotting show". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 July 2016.

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-In the second episode, Peter Snow mistakenly called an [[LNER Thompson/Peppercorn Class K1]] No. 62005 an [[LMS Black Five]]. This has angered and annoyed many trainspotters but only got as far as that.
+In the second episode, Peter Snow mistakenly called an [[LNER Thompson/Peppercorn Class K1]] No. 62005 an [[LMS Black Five]]. This has angered and annoyed many [[Trainspotters in the United Kingdom|trainspotters]] but only got as far as that.
 ==See also==
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 [[Category:2016 British television series endings]]
 [[Category:BBC television documentaries]]
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 [[Category:Documentary television series about railway transport]]
 [[Category:History of rail transport in Great Britain]]