SPEED MACHINES
FLASHBACK TELEVISION for C4
A small selection of press comments:
“This wonderful series…”
Pick of the Day Viewing Guide, The Times, 6th October
on RECORD BREAKING STEAM TRAINS episode 3
“ Superb.”
Pick of the Day, The Observer, 26th October
on CUTTY SARK AND THE GREAT CLIPPER RACES episode 6
“
A fascinating and evocative account…”
Pick of the Day, The Guardian, 29th September
on THE FLYING BOATS episode 2
“ Another
lovely instalment of this satisfying series.”
The Financial Times, 6th October
on RECORD BREAKING STEAM TRAINS episode 3
“ A
new series looking at the intense rivalry between ships, planes, trains
and
cars to become the fastest of their kind.”
Pick of the Day Viewing Guide, The Times, 22nd September
on THE GREAT OCEAN LINERS episode 1
“
This new eight part series on high speed machines…”
Don’t Miss – Factual, Evening Standard, 22nd September
on THE GREAT OCEAN LINERS episode 1
“
This has been a super series. Wideranging and uniformly fascinating…Tonight’s
final instalment…promises to be a fitting, gripping end to
a splendid run of films.”
The Financial Times, 3rd November [mistakenly]
on BENTLEY vs MERCEDES
“
The last of this excellent series…”
The Observer, 10th November
on THE LAND SPEED RECORD episode 8
“ A
brilliant piece of scheduling by Channel 4 in the week that Concorde retires.”
Pick of the Day, The Observer, 12th October
on BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER episode 4
“
This programme contains footage of some truly amazing machines…”
Programme of the Day - Factual, The Sunday Telegraph, 28th September
on THE FLYING BOATS episode 2
“
A superbly edited looked back to the 1930s…”
Pick of the Day, The Observer, 5th October
on RECORD BREAKING STEAM TRAINS episode 3
“
That’s the great thing about television – for better or worse,
it can get you involved in subjects you never even knew
you cared about.”
Pick of the Day Viewing Guide, The Times, 29th September
on THE FLYING BOATS episode 2
“
Tonight’s programme in this series looking at the history of speed…revisits
those glory days.”
Choice, The Independent on Sunday, 5th October
on RECORD BREAKING STEAM TRAINS episode 3
“
This surprisingly watchable eight-part series…”
Pick of the Day, The Guardian, 6th October
on RECORD BREAKING STEAM TRAINS episode 3
“
Last night’s programme talked us through the various developments in
surprisingly interesting detail.”
Last night on television, The Daily Telegraph, 7th October
on RECORD BREAKING STEAM TRAINS episode 3
“ Unique
footage from 1930s and eyewitness testimony paint a stirring picture of
pre-steam nautical daring”
Watch This, The Guide, The Guardian, 25th October
on CUTTY SARK AND THE GREAT CLIPPER RACES episode 6
“…
yesterday’s episode was in excited form, and its heart proudly visible
on its sleeve…with our plucky boys taking on the frankly sinister forces
of Teutonic efficiency…And so the era of the British gentleman amateur
passed…”
Last night on television, The Daily Telegraph, 4th November
on BENTLEY vs MERCEDES episode 7