British Rail - Britain's Railway Concerto advert (High Quality Rip)

[@TRAINGEEK6024]

This is by far the BEST British Rail advert ever made!

[@GBtravellers]

I agree. :)

[@aplane9625]

Best British ad ever made

[@Gavpowers77]

Beautiful advert. From an era before John Major got his grubby little money-lust hands on it. Now we'll never go back. Condemned to an age where we're regularly late for work on multiple services, run by multiple companies who invest sweet FA in rail and cream off profits to fatcats who are ferried about in luxury limos, while the rest of us Hoi polloi continue to pump pounds into their purse. Some of the trains in this 24-year-old advert are still in every day use. Absolutely shambolic!

[@ninelivecat]

Back when Britain still had some things to be proud of

[@Alcofoamer]

Hands down, the greatest TV ad ever made

[@Sarahbryson321]

For me this says we are British and we’re proud of it and if they re-nationalise the trains they should have this as their first ad and at the end it should say ‘you’ve heard this before and yes we’re back’ and then the BR logo

[@aplane9625]

BRITISH RAILWAYS FOR ETERNITY!!!!!!!!!

[@williamewartgladstone981]

And then we went and sold it all off.

[@eamonnca1]

Superb job! That's the best quality of this wonderful ad that I've seen anywhere on the web.

[@james9958]

What a brilliant video, makes me all a bit nostalgic. Good old British Rail.

[@seansands424]

Don't know what you got until it's gone

[@Pete4000uk]

Many thanks for this high quality video of this piece of nostalgia! I cant imagine what it took to get some of those shots!

[@JBsoundhobbyist]

Wonderful music by Vangelis. He uses the same tune many years later in: Vangelis - Lord Lindsay

[@MrBlackie08]

J Bloem Yes, I had made that connection also. Brilliant music by a pure genius.

[@stuartmurray8992]

Lord Lindsay predates this advert.

[@chrihern]

Thanks

[@danielking7092]

@@stuartmurray8992 It does not. It was written for the album (not actually used in the stage show) and in any case was in the 2000's before either was produced.

[@ukloco]

That you for uploading such a good quality copy of this advert, it is brilliant. Thank you!

[@charonsferryold]

Anyone else here now that British railways are being reformed again? Sadly it doesn't seem to be a re-nationalization but it might be nice!

[@JayJay-nc7pr]

This was an advert not heralding a new age but the end of an old age, I always feel this advert was a sign off from British Rail accepting the inevitable

[@uhegbu]

Classic advert.

[@imrustyokay]

I'm not British and have no interest in trains...why am I crying?

[@tedvarrick2738]

Same here!

[@Alcofoamer]

Because you're watching the greatest TV advert ever made

[@GBtravellers]

The older advert is better than the new. INTERCITY 125 HST!!!

[@danielking7092]

Error in the subtitles, it's "Actor in farce" rather than "Actor in fast" - just so you know

[@chriswaring5565]

STANDING AT THE PLATFORM AT HALF PAST EIGHT THE BLOODY TRAIN AGAIN IS LATE

[@garybridge-ku7bf]

Yeah agree with some other comments, a very classy advert. Could we get away with a modern day version today?

[@TheAbderaman]

british rails the father of the world railways the invention that changed the world

[@innosanto]

Hugh Hudson and Vangelis. ( and not sure who wrote narration and narrated)

[@littlehelphere]

This advert wants me to go on the 642

[@ChrizmanTV]

@thepod96 Also, the lack of focus on the four sectors of BR - InterCity, Railfreight, Provincial (at that point renamed Regional Railways") and Network South East occurs as the govenment do not want to draw attention to the widely unpopular standards of service associated with the railways. It's worth noting as well that some of the rolling stock by the time this advert was broadcast were around 40 years old.

[@Rich72James]

anyone know where you can find just the music?

[@kevinrussell2718]

Was it Tom Courtney doing the narration?

[@davidjames38589]

It was, yes.

[@Muzer0]

Where is the aerial shot after Blackfriars and before the internal shot of Paddington? I don't recognise it.

[@MetropolitanStudiosLondon]

Muzer0 It's Newcastle Central Station

[@pricey130]

Muzer0 it’s not Newcastle it’s Bristol Temple Meads as there are no wires visible in the shot.

[@wardyish]

David Price looks like Newcastle to me

[@Class158]

It is Newcastle Central Station, pre-electrification and track changes.

[@eastcoastrailways7976]

Does anyone have the words for this?

[@Class158]

This is the night mail crossing the border, Bringing the cheque and the postal order, Letters for the rich, letters for the poor, The shop at the corner and the girl next door. Pulling up Beattock a steady climb, The gradients against her but she's on time. Passing the shunter intent on it's toil, Moving the coke, the coal and the oil, Girders for bridges, plastic for fridges, Bricks for the site are required by tonight, Grimy and grey is the engines' reflection, Down to the docks for the metal collection. Passenger trains full of commuters, Bound for the office to work on computers, The teacher, the doctor, the actor in farce, The typist, the banker, the judge in first class, Reading The Times with a crossword to do, Returning at night on the 6:42. British Rail - Britain's Railway

[@PottersVideos2]

What does "betock" mean

[@Oddop]

It's the name of a town and hill in Scotland

[@lincolnarmasols283]

It's spelt Beattock it's a hill with a gradient of 1:20

[@jmosleyism]

not bad but it's not Auden

[@alex-xz2dm]

the i miss l v got tc om vo