Robbie - Part One

Robbie is a 13-minute long film made by British Transport Films in 1979 and revised in 1986. Although it is not strictly a Public Information Film, it is often considered to be so by fans of the genre. The film, which was shown in schools all over Great Britain, is based around a young boy suffering a disfiguring and/or fatal accident when he trespasses on a railway line, with three different versions being made to demonstrate the dangers of both electrified and non - electrified lines. When it was first released, all three versions were narrated and introduced by Peter Purves, later replaced by Keith Chegwin when the films were revised. Robbie was written and directed by Ronald Dunkley and produced by James Ritchie. It was a replacement for the controversial and extremely graphic The Finishing Line, and was itself later replaced by a more modern film called Killing Time.

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Education

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• Robbie
• The
• Finishing
• Line
• 1979
• PIF
• Safety
• Train

[JonLovejoy]

I don't have that one.

[camelknicks]

Classic..Viv off Emmerdale as the WPC !.I Felt sorry for the mum and her sons footy boots returned.There was nothing as good as e bay back then to get rid !

[ANTALISMULTITUDE1972]

ANY CHANCE OF PUTTING UP KILLING TIME?

[ZILOGz80VIDEOS]

i'm sorry, their just train tracks, unless you're a complete dolt then you'll be fine.

[ZappyFight]

To this day, my mother is still terrified by train tracks...

[comentsuscribeonly]

there are other versions of this you know

[princess17306]

@comentsuscribeonly Ha thats what I thought! not even kidding! :)

[wileyk209zback]

"Contains content from: APM Music." Would that happen to be the opening theme, "Let's March" by Syd Dale? I know that was DEFINITELY a KPM library cue; I have the MP3 of it!

[comentsuscribeonly]

THHATS HIS SISTER!!!! i thought that was a boy

[Kainlarsen]

He's wearing a red shirt, it was inevitable.

[VTS1337]

bert was a bit of a wanker

[38012703]

"I saw them do it to get across to the pub" Typical.

[ABchihuahua98]

Cut off at the best part! *jk*

Short shorts...guys shouldn't wear them.