The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys

The "world" apparently consists of the UK and nowhere else according to the makers of this for-TV pile of garbage. The makers really should be fined under the Trade Descriptions Act. There is also nothing remotely "scenic" about most of the routes they pick.

Is this really the state of TV in the UK? Yes, of course it is. Insular, stuck in the past and BORING.

I wouldn't make my dog suffer watching this. You shouldn't either..

Great views camera work editing. In fact very well made travel films. But here comes the but! Why oh why voice over from Bill Nighy? Dogry me wrong I admirehim as an actor in his no rush, English gent style but voiceovers of a railway travel series, no he sends me to sleep! It's rather outdated as well doing voice overs. Can you imagine Portillo not appearing in Great British Railway Journeys? Or Chris Tarrant being absent in his series?

Bill Nighy plays himself as he takes viewers around the world on the tracks. I wish Bill appeared on screen, wandering the carriages, imparting whimsical bon mots, but not to be. Still, Bill Nighy is central to this series. If Bill was to fall ill, then I propose that Danny Dyer fill in as narrator just in case.

Pity Bill wasn't actually on any of the trains, he may have given Portillo a run, but sitting in a studio, mispronouncing place names doesn't cut it, very disappointing 😓😓

Sat down to watch the Pretoria to Durban rail journey with Rovos. The programme kicked off with horrible, over-dramtic background music, and never stopped. I could only watch 20 minutes. Why do programme makers do this? It just detracts from the scenry and commentary. Silence is good!