November 08, 2004
TV documentary shows rail 'flaws'
Britain's railway lines have been heavily criticised by experts in a BBC documentary being shown this week.
The BBC 1 Whistleblower programme claims parts of the UK's railways are "dangerous" and of "great concern".
A nice middle-class reporter who hadn't done a day's manual labour in his life isn't exactly qualified to comment on much to do with the railways, although this didn't stop the BBC from trying.
Dozens of rail insiders helped construct the programme, set up by three reporters who worked undercover.
What was a bit strange was that the show was basically about one reporter, the opinions of a Professor being shown undercover tapes, and a supervisor in Scotland who was quitting, who was the only one in the programme who was really an 'insider'. Although it was interesting from a fly-on-a-wall perspective, I didn't find it particularly convincing.
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