Thursday 14th May, Channel 5 - two new railway series...

[Peter Mugridge]

21.00 Paddington: a year on the tracks.

22.00 The Tube: Going Underground.


Both are billed as new series, but I suspect the first may be composed of clips from Paddington 24/7 that were never shown? The second I have a feeling might have been shown before although it doesn't say "repeat"?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Not being listed as repeats in next week's "Radio Times" (9-15 May 2020).

Also, at 8 pm on C5 that same evening, "Fare Dodgers: at war with the Law."

 

[Anthony061]

Looks like "The Tube: Going Underground" is a repeat: https://www.channel5.com/show/the-tube-going-underground/

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Thanks; I thought that might be the case.

Any idea if my suspicion about the other "new" series is correct?

 

[Anthony061]

Looks to be a new series. Virgin Media advertising it as Paddington 24/7 series 4 episode 1.

 

[tarq]

Not being listed as repeats in next week's "Radio Times" (9-15 May 2020).

Also, at 8 pm on C5 that same evening, "Fare Dodgers: at war with the Law."

Is Fare Dodgers: at war with the Law series 2 or a repeat of series 1?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Looks like it might be a re-run of Series 1 Episode 3.

 

[londonbridge]

Looks to be a new series. Virgin Media advertising it as Paddington 24/7 series 4 episode 1.

Epg info on Sky also says S4 E1

 

[scotrail158713]

Never seen any of them before so that looks like my Thursday night is sorted

 

[Vespa]

Book marked

 

[midland1]

Just seen Paddington, year on the tracks, I have seen it before.

 

[DelW]

Just seen Paddington, year on the tracks, I have seen it before.

Started off with travellers to the Cheltenham Festival in 2018, and potential flooding at Cowley Bridge - from the IMDb episode list, that looks like it came from series 2 episode 8, though the rest of the episode looks different. The trailer for next week referred to an unexploded bomb found on the Devon coast, which looks like it comes from series 3 episode 9. So probably re-edited, but not new material.
Looks odd now to see Paddington full of HSTs in dynamic lines livery, though just an occasional cl800 poked its nose in.

 

[Andyh82]

Channel 5 have form in renaming and reediting programmes and passing them off as new

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Channel 5 have form in renaming and reediting programmes and passing them off as new

Yep - looks like that's exactly what they've done here. Everything was from various different episodes of the previous series.

Right.... series abandoned. Again!

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Channel 5 have form in renaming and reediting programmes and passing them off as new

Noted that tonight's episode of "Paddington: a Year on the Tracks" (C5, Thursday 14th May 2020, 8.00 p.m.) was listed in "Radio Times" as being a "new series". My TV's electronic programme guide display indicated that it was Series 4 Episode 1 and inspection of the programme's closing titles showed a copyright date of 2020, but agree with other posters that the episode appeared, in essence, to be a "revised repeat".

 

[Nym]

Seems to be the same with the show after it, with yet again showing the Holborn Trials.

 

[Envoy]

So, obviously CH5 have not noticed that GWR has a new fleet of InterCity Express Trains since they did the filming? OFCOM should step in and stop TV companies from using this ‘new’ nonsense when in fact the programmes are repeats - even they they do one or two edits of the originals.

 

[JohnMcL7]

I was wondering if it was a mistake to reshow an old episode as 'new' but the next one looks to be a repeat as well which if deliberate is pretty underhanded.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

I was wondering if it was a mistake to reshow an old episode as 'new' but the next one looks to be a repeat as well which if deliberate is pretty underhanded.

Not a full repeat as the "new" episodes are supposedly being "refreshed" with previously unscreened footage, but somewhat misleading.

The next "new" episode of "Paddington: a year on the Tracks" (C5 on Thursday 21st May 2020 at 9.00 p.m.) looks at the heatwave which caused a points failure at at Didcot, and chaos at Paddington for folk travelling to Henley Regatta.

 

[Strat-tastic]

Thanks for the heads up guys; series record duly cancelled.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

It's like déjà vu, all over again!

 

[londonbridge]

As per earlier post, last nights episode was billed in the SKY epg as series 4 episode 1. Recorded it with series link, it's dropped next weeks episode into the scheduled tab billed as 'series 1 episode 2'! Also a 'next series' entry has appeared under the original "Paddington Station 24/7" title.

Have seen all previous episodes so looks like I can safely delete it until some real new material comes along.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Wonder how much money is made from all those who text in using Channel 5's £2 per SMS text message "competition" entry line?