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Title: Father Brown - hill climb Post by: Olds on January 22, 2014, 07:28:28 AM Not a program one might expect to be mentioned here. BBC- Father Brown- series 2- episode Laws Of Motion, is worth watching, or at least the first 10 minutes, just for the vehicles, as it's set at Selsley Walsh hill climb.
Title: Re: Father Brown - hill climb Post by: poprodder on January 22, 2014, 09:19:49 AM enjoyed watching it.
Title: Re: Father Brown - hill climb Post by: kapri on January 22, 2014, 03:49:28 PM It was on TV yesterday as well as I saw it when I wlked in from the garage and recognised the course straightaway ( from videos , never been there ,YET).
Title: Re: Father Brown - hill climb Post by: spanners on January 22, 2014, 07:22:09 PM missed it ,,
Title: Re: Father Brown - hill climb Post by: Olds on January 22, 2014, 07:30:17 PM BBC i player. :)
Title: Re: Father Brown - hill climb Post by: Tony oily bike on January 22, 2014, 09:55:51 PM Ahhhhh..... Shelsley Walsh..................... a place with a lot of history.
http://www.shelsley-walsh.co.uk/ Competed there just the once quite a few years ago on a TriBSA special. The NHCA (National Hill Climb Association) show they're running bikes there on July 5th and Sept 20th 2014. http://nhca.co.uk/Home/nhca.htm Title: Re: Father Brown - hill climb Post by: triker_Chewie on January 23, 2014, 06:43:49 AM http://www.crack-tv.net/father-brown/season/2/episode/10/
Title: Re: Father Brown - hill climb Post by: Tony oily bike on January 23, 2014, 05:56:24 PM interesting first few minutes of the series which set during the early 1950s. Nice to see some old cars being given the beans.
In the days before the timing was done using 'timing lights' at the start (and finish), cars used run a front tyre over and electrical trigger (looked a bit like a small pad/strip) which was quickly removed by the start line crew so the rear wheel (possibly spinning) didn't connect with it. In the episode it looks like the GN (V twin silver car) and red Napier Lion engined car (the lady driver was later leaning against it) both did more than one practice run..... Trouble with doing period filming, is all the background stuff that came along years later - The Armco barrier shown near the start was patented in '65, and the blue-and-white plastic covered foam barriers are way newer. If you want to see old motors (similar to the episode) tackling the infamous hill, 6th July 2014 seems the time to visit Shelsley as the VSCC (Vintage Sports Car Club) folk will firing up some historic machinery. http://www.shelsley-walsh.co.uk/events/content.asp?ms=21&ei=223 Title: Re: Father Brown - hill climb Post by: Manky Monkey on January 23, 2014, 09:19:30 PM Just watched this on BBC iplayer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03q5vlj/Father_Brown_Series_2_The_Laws_of_Motion/ An enjoyable little English murder mystery. Some gorgeous motors -including a very nice Ford Pop at the mechanic's workshop. :) Title: Re: Father Brown - hill climb Post by: Manky Monkey on February 05, 2014, 10:13:43 PM The Shelsley Walsh hill climb featured again in this week's Top Gear on BBC 1.
Not that it's staged at all, but Richard Hammond "crashed" his Vauxhall Nova at exactly the same spot as the murder victim's car crashed in Father Brown. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03tzcbb/Top_Gear_Series_21_Episode_1/ |