God's Wonderful Railway

This article is about a television series. For the nickname of the railway, see Great Western Railway.

God's Wonderful Railway is a British children's drama television series made by the BBC. It was first shown in eight 30-minute episodes, from 6 February 1980. The cast includes Gorden Kaye, June Brown, Gerard Kelly, Richard Pearson and Terry Molloy.

Plot

The series focuses on three generations of the Grant family working on an unnamed Great Western branch line. The first section depicts the construction of the line in the reign of Queen Victoria, the second the line in operation during Edwardian times, and the third during the Second World War.

Since the series was made for children, each part of the story focuses on events from the perspective of the younger members of the family. These same characters reappear as adults as the story progresses, but only in incidental roles.

Production

The series was written by Avril Rowlands with episodes directed by Fiona Cumming and John Prowse.

The location filming was done on and around the Severn Valley Railway. A reference is made to the area in the music for the opening and closing credits: a version of the first movement of Elgar's The Severn Suite arranged for brass band by David Lyon.[1]

Books

Avril Rowlands adapted the scripts into a series of juvenile fiction books.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.impulse-music.co.uk/davidlyon/selected-works/

External links

God's Wonderful Railway at the Internet Movie Database

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