The Railway Children

Name: The Railway Children
Genre: Drama
Released: 2016-03-28
Duration: 1 h 48 min
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Robert Angell, Martin Barrass, Elianne Byrne

20162016
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1h 48m

8.3/10

Drama

E. Nesbit's classic novel of The Railway Children follows the story of Roberta (Bobbie), Phyllis and Peter, three sheltered siblings who suffer a huge upheaval when their father is falsely i... Read allE. Nesbit's classic novel of The Railway Children follows the story of Roberta (Bobbie), Phyllis and Peter, three sheltered siblings who suffer a huge upheaval when their father is falsely imprisoned. The children and their mother, now penniless, are forced to move from London to... Read allE. Nesbit's classic novel of The Railway Children follows the story of Roberta (Bobbie), Phyllis and Peter, three sheltered siblings who suffer a huge upheaval when their father is falsely imprisoned. The children and their mother, now penniless, are forced to move from London to rural Yorkshire into a new home next to a railway line. Dealing with themes of justice, t... Read all

8.3/10

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Rosalind Lailey in The Railway Children (2016)

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E. Nesbit's classic novel of The Railway Children follows the story of Roberta (Bobbie), Phyllis and Peter, three sheltered siblings who suffer a huge upheaval when their father is falsely imprisoned. The children and their mother, now penniless, are forced to move from London to rural Yorkshire into a new home next to a railway line. Dealing with themes of justice, the importance of family and the kindness of strangers the event is filmed from the National Railway Museum in Yorkshire, featuring the train from the original much-loved film. York Theatre Royal's Olivier award-winning production of 'The Railway Children' has been imaginatively adapted by Mike Kenny and directed for the stage by Damian Cruden and beautifully directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon.

Taglines
- Next stop here! (2016 National Railway Museum live broadcast poster).
Genre
- Drama
Certificate
- Not Rated
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Trivia
Broadcast live at the National Railway Museum, York, England on Easter Monday, 28th March 2016.

Connections
Version of The Railway Children (1957)

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10/10

Cheesy as hell but absolutely thoroughly enjoyable

This should not work but it does, beautifully. The three railway children are played by young adults recounting their story but speaking as children. As I say, it should not work but it does. The theatre is the Railway Museum in York and the set within is made of two opposing station platforms between which are several small stages which cunningly move up and down the railway tracks as metaphorical trains where the story is told. It is all quite original and highly imaginative. I would love to have seen this in York, particularly when the original engine steams onto the stage. But this review is based upon the TV production of the same stage play which I saw in 2018. And I know very well how difficult it is to film a stage play in the making and expect to work on the small screen. But this does very very well.

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