Originally Posted by Lynn R (Post 9756355)

Indian Hill Railways was (as the name suggests, funnily enough!:)) a documentary series about some of the narrow gauge railway lines built during the days of the British Raj in India which run to places like Darjeeling and Shimla, and about the people who work and travel on them. It was really well done, and there were some memorable characters on it such as the widow who worked as a railway porter (carrying a stack of suitcases on her head) and succeeded in getting a place at a top private school for her son, and an old chap of over 90 who had been a porter and still working as a kind of domestic servant for a stationmaster. I found it fascinating and friends I recommended it to also enjoyed it.

There was also a v. good series a while back called Chinese School - when you watched it you could understand why they seem to be taking over the world now!

I like programmes like that about other countries and people's lives, they may only gloss over things but a lot more interesting than most of the dross that's on!

Originally Posted by The Oddities (Post 9779155)

Thank you so much for this recommendation. The reason I asked you for a description was that I would not buy it if it was purely about the railways because I tend to nod off with that type of programme. However, when you said that it was about the people on the railway I became very interested, love human interest programmes. We ordered it from Amazon and have thoroughly enjoyed it. The 90 year old is amazing, and seeing the womans determination to send her eldest son to the best college was heartwarming, and of course the man who designed his house making sure that he could put in a table tennis table showed how experiences when we are young effect our needs when adult. Really great, thanks again.

Rosemary

Originally Posted by Dick Dasterdly (Post 9758466)

I haven't the faintest clue about glossy mags or those who buy them, but when I pass news stands and see such pointless meaningless garbage filling the front cover of well known popular daily news-rags then it really worries me about what sort of nation we've become to subscribe in large numbers to such nonsense.