Wonderful. I watched this in 1982 and went on VSOE in 1985 with my mother to mark her retirement. Nigel Dempster is spot on about a experience you will never forget. Unlike modern documentaries not ever second is packed with a host who feels they have to say something meaningless. Whicker is brilliant, his final concluding sentence is genius..
A host who speaks in whole sentences without using peculiar emphasis on odd words to break them up into breathless declarations. And doesn't ask everyone from the band members to the bed makers how they 'feel' about it all..as though the audience is a lot of wooden planks. Conversation used to be considered an art. People learned how to make it,in a way that brought out the other person by being witty and interested, you were expected to make the other person feel at ease and entertained in equal measures. We can see the last vestiges here.
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Whicker was the James Bond of travel
You never typed truer words. The late great Alan Whicker influenced my travelling immensely.
Wonderful. I watched this in 1982 and went on VSOE in 1985 with my mother to mark her retirement. Nigel Dempster is spot on about a experience you will never forget. Unlike modern documentaries not ever second is packed with a host who feels they have to say something meaningless. Whicker is brilliant, his final concluding sentence is genius..
Hahaha! Fantastic comment and thank you 😂😂😂
A host who speaks in whole sentences without using peculiar emphasis on odd words to break them up into breathless declarations. And doesn't ask everyone from the band members to the bed makers how they 'feel' about it all..as though the audience is a lot of wooden planks. Conversation used to be considered an art. People learned how to make it,in a way that brought out the other person by being witty and interested, you were expected to make the other person feel at ease and entertained in equal measures. We can see the last vestiges here.
I love how classy the 80's were, Wicker introduced the young man & his "companion."
Fortunate to have riden it twice. Unforgettable.
Beautiful stuff from the lovely Alan wicker. Thank you ❤❤❤
Thanks to James Sherwood for saving this beautiful train.
Great video Its a shame to think most on the film will have now taken there last journey from life
Excellent Excellent. Thanks for fulfilling a dream on video.❤❤
That's when england was still england.
Exactly, the Falkland War, Who Dares Wins at the Odeon and we still knew our neighbours…🇬🇧🙏
Hear, hear!
@@DaveSCameron You mean the Welsh, Scots, Irish and the French?
An experience is always worth the money.
Most depends upon the experience 😂
I heard it cost £250 back then...... Now it costs over 5k....always been on my bucket list.... Need to win the lotto❤
There is a day trip in UK for around that amount, or the full trip to Istanbul for $10,000 per person.
all of these beings had at one time existed for a while.
Who knew that Liza Minnelli was married to Ellis from Die Hard.
Wonderful. ❤
Happy Man Alan GT books too Happy days for d Rich but riches are fleeting
Thanks Highlighter
Liza Minnelli. Who was her partner here ?
Is that Jeremy Clarkson in the background at 3:32?
no
10:22 The British Rail arrows are the wrong way round
Shipping worldwide always keep to the right ..
Famously the arrows on the port side of Sealink ships were 'handed' to always point forwards.
Have to admit i was a little disappointed seeing it being pulled by a diesel rather than a Grand steam engine
Current prices range from £3,999 to £19,799 per person.
That's.... Quite a lot.
Now costing more like 5000 pounds.
I would be more than gutted if I boarded the carriage and saw it was being pulled by a diesel locomotive
Pre Channel tunnel.
Nigel Dempster!
Get your Alan Whickers off and press Play. 😂😂😂
Jolly hockey sticks - what! what! 😜
£500
Ylou do mot know class.
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Nice train shame about the w⚓s inside ...🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🤪💩