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The Titfield Thunderbolt

Ealing comedy about a group of villagers who battle to preserve the local railway line by running it themselves, until they are sabotaged in a midnight raid by a rival bus company.

Ealing comedy about a group of villagers and their battle to preserve the local railway line by running it themselves, an enterprise that goes well until they are sabotaged in a midnight raid by the rival bus company. Undaunted, they wheel out the Thunderbolt, an ancient exhibit in the village museum. Now all that remains is to put on a satisfactory run for the stickler of a government inspector.

1 hour, 20 minutes

Last on

Sat 4 Oct 202510:40
BBC Two

Music Played

  • Algernon Drummond

    The Eton Boating Song

Credits

Walter ValentineStanley Holloway
Vicar Sam WeechGeorge Relph
George BlakeworthNaunton Wayne
Squire Gordon ChesterfordJohn Gregson
Harry HawkinsSidney James
Vernon CrumpJack McGowran
DirectorCharles Crichton
ProducerMichael Truman
WriterTEB Clarke

Broadcasts

  • Thu 1 Sep 197720:00
    BBC Two England
  • Tue 2 Oct 197919:05
    BBC Two England
  • Sat 4 Aug 198416:55
    BBC Two England
  • Wed 14 May 198617:55
    BBC Two England
  • Fri 1 Apr 198816:40
    BBC Two England
  • Sun 16 Oct 198814:55
    BBC Two England
  • Christmas Eve 201319:00
    BBC Four
  • Sat 3 Jan 201507:50
    BBC Two HD, Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland & England only
  • Mon 6 Apr 201522:00
    BBC Four
  • Tue 1 Sep 201522:00
    BBC Four
  • Christmas Day 201520:45
    BBC Four
  • Wed 13 Jul 201621:00
    BBC Four
  • Mon 1 May 201709:00
    BBC Two Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, England & HD only
  • Wed 2 Jan 201909:40
    BBC Two except East, Northern Ireland (Analogue), South East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Tue 11 Jun 201915:05
    BBC Two England, HD, Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only & BBC Scotland
  • Wed 8 Apr 202014:45
    BBC Two England, HD, Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
  • Fri 27 Aug 202114:30
    BBC Two England, HD, Wales, Wales HD, Northern Ireland HD & 1 more only
  • Fri 4 Feb 202214:55
    BBC Two HD, England, Wales HD, Wales, Northern Ireland HD & 1 more only
  • Sun 27 Nov 202214:30
    BBC Two England, HD, Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
  • Fri 21 Apr 202300:20
    BBC Four
  • Sun 10 Dec 202314:45
    BBC Two England, HD, Northern Ireland HD, Wales, Wales HD & 1 more only
  • Sat 15 Jun 202412:30
    BBC Two England, HD, Wales, Wales HD, Northern Ireland & 1 more only
  • Mon 30 Dec 202412:00
    BBC Two HD, England, Wales, Wales HD, Northern Ireland & 1 more only
  • Sat 4 Oct 202510:40
    BBC Two England, HD, Northern Ireland HD, Northern Ireland, Wales HD & 1 more only

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