Part 1: India - East to West. TV satirist Ian Hislop travels from Calcutta to Rajasthan via the Taj Mahal on a typical Indian passenger train, the Palace on Wheels - a classy passenger train, and the Calcutta Rajdhani Express, an express train which travels 1,000 miles in 18 hours with only one stop. Part 2: Africa - Senegal to Mali. Actor Danny Glover travels the Bamako Express railway - the oldest railway in Africa. Both journeys take a view of the social and cultural aspects of life around train travel in the respective countries.
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ACMI Identifier
314581
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Africa - Description and travel
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → India - Description and travel
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Taj Mahal (Agra, India)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Travel
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Locomotives - History
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Railroad trains
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Railroads
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Places → Taj Mahal (Agra, India)
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - Great Britain
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Sound
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Colour
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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)