TV advert British Rail 80s Jimmy Savile

[93DOL]

0:02 iT's Pip and Emma from the Railway Series by Rev W Awdry

[shoptothecaf]

RIP Sir Jimmy and British Rail....

[perfacetus]

I don't think the word business was used enough in that advert :P

Ah, the good'ol 80s.

[ELPaso1990TX]

Please Jim can you fix it to bring back British rail ! Free us from the rubbish we have now. Seats which have no window views, crammed in a ticketing system that's over priced and requires a university degree to understand ! Yes bring back British rail.

[lookingintothepast]

When Peter Marsh was pitching for this account he kept the Chairman Sir Peter Parker waiting for half an hour in a reception strewn with polythene cups and old discarded newspapers.The receptionist was rude and unhelpful and just as Parker and his team were about to leave Marsh came bounding in exclaiming that they now know how their cusotmers feel but as of now that was all going to change.He actually won the account from some stiff competition including the Saatchis.A real life Don Draper!!

[Springamatul]

now its laps tops in place of calculators and stationery etc.

[mburstino]

A train for 80s business executives? At any given time, there must have been at least one million worth of blow on it.

[browst17]

...so you arrive fresh and 'looking for business'. Jimmy knows the kind of business going on around Kings Cross in the 80's, Now then now then.

[LeeDH22]

@browst17 Best comment on YouTube by a mile!

[mrtulala1]

st pancras in the end shot: god it looks so much better now.

[2carstommy]

Has anyone seen the Sir Jimmy & Sir Peter Parker British Rail 6 minute Christmas Day 1979 advert on Youtube?

[rayflute]

Now then now then!

[bluebellnutter]

Dear Jim

Can you fix it for me to be able to build something which lasts as long as these in service nowadays?

Yours,

Mr. R. Branson

[eezy1972]

Why would you ever listen to Jimmy Saville? A dubious chararacter if ever i saw one. Weirdo!

[Ignitionnet]

How's about that then.

[Paintheshed]

I'm glad someone else drives! I'm clueless when it comes to trains! Whre's the bloody steering wheel gone? lol

[halfcymruhalfdevon1]

Bring Back British Rail!

[fenix182]

Definitely! I live in Scotland and ScotRail is awful!

When British Rail seperated or whatever happened a lot people lots their jobs and the people who managed to stay they knowd that their pension benefits weren't as good as they were in British Rail.

[halfcymruhalfdevon1]

I agree, BBBR!

[fenix182]

*noticed

[unclemort1960]

@fenix182 ironic some people dedicated their lives to complaining about BR now they have spend even longer complaining about railtrack ,virgin south eastern track etc etc

[insut07]

HELP ME PLEASE SOMEONE

Looking for name of Brazillian Soap opra showed on UK tv circa 1980-84.......

What was it called????

Was vey cheesy and sub titled (i think)

End credit song was brtilliant ( with animated dancing disco feet)

Come on youtubers..... dont let me down on this one.

[jp3492]

Disco Days.

[sussexmews]

jingle jangle jewelery. come and chuck yer muck

[martinh103]

didt see a laptop on the " buisnessmans' " table..wtf lol

[mistofoles]

Of course not,this was the early 80s, waaay before laptops!

[WrongRoadRailways]

There were no laptops at the time, it was notebook and pencil in those days...

[lewisner]

It was a calculator, probs Texas Instruments.

[j0andc0]

Now then,now then.

[critchlow39]

Simley my arse

[sandletters39]

The Two Ronnies once had a headline of news that BR intended to increase seating capacity by 50% so nobody have to sit next to Jimmy Saville. Well its not bad. Nowadays our trains are dangerously overcrowded.

[HitMeQuick]

That train bearing Saville was late. I know because I was on it.

[kmp3000]

the toilets always stink of piss and the food is either no existant or too exepensive. the best thing about this video is jimmy saville. :-)

[boomheadshot75]

thats on todays trains mate, the shiity stuff that replaced the intercity 125, bascically rail travel comfort has gone down the pan :( they just cram as many ppl in as they can nowadays

[WrongRoadRailways]

They do not cram them in. They cram themselves in.

[bronzeonion]

lol i went on teh wsmr train all teh way to wrexham and back to london, the automatic doors closed on me realy hard wen i went to go to the toilet! i just laughed

[pickleboy23]

Lets face it even Jimmy Savile couldn't fix it

[gregmc21]

Aah that was the days! we thought we had it bad then but its true what they say "you dont know what you've got til its gone! Bring back good old British Rail!

[geordieboy79]

Jimmy Savile. Legend and for me one of the best tv and radio presenters ever to come out of Britain.

[Perranporth]

When I was a nipper, the 125 was THE cutting edge of rail technology. There were those fairly fast, long distance diesel locomotives that made a huge racket (Class 47?), but they were nothing like this beauty!

[Ulleskelf]

Do you think that at 0:08 he checks his watch as the train next to him is moving and his isn't?!

[southwestern455]

who knows the lyrics of the song

[mattjones17]

erm

"This is the age..."

"..of the Train"

[THALIDO]

"Now then, now then, azz it appens guys and gals, jingle jangle, jewellery jewellery, big cigaaaaar"!!!

[redstarblackpool2]

Ah, the memories. You don't know what you've got til it's gone...

[6949paul]

Travelled on the 125 for the first time in years last week. Showing signs of wear and not too sure about the companies drab interior, but much more comfortable than the x-c Pendelino I travelled back on.

[mothity]

I've not been on a 125 in years now either. I was in Newcastle about a year ago and got the 225, but it was bloody busy so I don't know if they're comfortable, as I was standing - been ages since I had a nice long train journey in comfort! I don't know about these Pendolino's, I think they're rather like the Voyager's that XC and VWC have; pretty poorly maintained and built.

[boomerhgt]

The Pendos are great trains Voyagers are crap

[polina82]

i like hsts

[gguru1]

sexyest diesel train in the world. period.

[EEBasherTango]

MTU Is Murder!

Come back BR, all is forgiven!

[tvlambretta]

HOWZ A BOUT THAT THEN!

[PrentonPimp]

JANGLE-JANGLE!

[ddn1985]

Went on the train Newcastle to Bristol. Spent half the journey sat between a fat drunk glaswegian and a teenage slag mum beating her child. Better than the other half though, when i had no seat at all. And all for £80. This is the age of fuck public trnsport.

[mazeteam]

Why limit it to public transport?

With road charging, parking fines, toll roads, and even GPS mile charging, This government seems as though it doesn't want anybody to travel anywhere! Also blame the GREENIES, people who oppose development, but disguise it to make it seem as though they're saving the planet. If they have their way we'll be back to horse and carts!

[redstarblackpool]

No, this is the age of privatised public transport. Hence the problems.

[redstarblackpool]

You don't know what you've got til it's gone. Bring back British Rail!!

[1969speedbunny]

I agree with you totally,redstarblackpool.

[macstar2002]

and the intercity 125 is still going strong today...!!

[araquan]

Nice stuff, that.

[cameronmac2000]

Brilliant Pure britain there

[hotelBroslin]

I love how they cleaned up Jimmy... got him all business-like. "Now then, Amanda from Essex writes in, Dear Jimmy...".

[glennwinstanley]

The fry up looked nice..

[wisteela]

Brilliant.

[poodle1977]

:( I've never felt 'business-like'...sob sob

[tgtrains]

That breakfast looked good :P

[britishleyland73]

Does any one know who sung the song 'This is the age of the train'? The backing song to this advert.

[nkt1]

I always thought it was Peter Auty, but I've since read somewhere it was Paul Phoenix.

[britishleyland73]

Thanks

[Domcall]

I wanted a train where I could do work on whilst commuting, and Jim fixed it for me!

[Faeden]

That fry up made me hungry. Now then, Now then.

[nightfire620]

owzabout that then?

[25AUG1968]

That meal looks mighty impressive for British Rail doesn't it? Well, I suppose it was that or the limpish sandwiches that always turned up at the corners! Mike S.