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London Underground sign
  TUBE NIGHT
Saturday 2 August 2008

Love it or loathe it, the London Underground has been an integral part of life in the capital for over a century. Arena: Underground is the centrepiece of a whole evening of programmes celebrating the subterranean pitfalls and pleasures of travelling on the tube.

WHAT'S ON

 
Sir John Betjeman   METROLAND
8.30pm-9.20pm
Poet Sir John Betjeman's celebrated 1973 documentary in which he extols the glories of the Metropolitan Line.
 Details of the programme from Wikipedia
 www.metroland.org.uk

 
Arena: Underground (Margaret Barnett, a WWII tube shelterer)   ARENA: UNDERGROUND
9.20pm-10.20pm
Stories from the Underground, including that of Margaret Barnett, who sheltered in the Tube during WWII.
 Share your Tube memories
 
Staff at Angel Tube station   40 MINUTES: HEART OF THE ANGEL
10.20pm-11pm
Molly Dineen's RTS award-winning 1989 documentary about the men and women who work in Islington's Angel Tube station.
 Guardian Unlimited article on Molly Dineen

 
Transport for London's Tube map   DESIGN CLASSICS: LONDON UNDERGROUND MAP
11pm-11.25pm
Harry Beck's Tube map has transfixed travellers for nearly eighty years - find out the story of its making and of its enduring influence.
 Pore over the Tube map
 h2g2 on the Tube map
 
Drawing of London Underground workers   UNDER NIGHT STREETS
11.25pm-11.45pm
Classic atmospheric London Transport account of what happened at night on London's Underground, produced by Edgar Anstey.
 British Transport Films website
 
 
ARENA: UNDERGROUND
New documentary about the capital's subterranean transport sytem
  Tube Night (A Tube train)
YOUR TALES FROM THE UNDERGROUND
Share your weird and wonderful Tube experiences
  London Underground sign

 MY TUBE
BBC Four viewers' tales so far

 TUBE SHORTS
Watch exclusive short films by the
Arena team

 DIRECTOR INTERVIEW
Zimena Percival talks about
Arena: Underground

 NEWSLETTER
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on BBC Four

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Latest Tube travel information
From BBC News

Ultimate guide to the Underground
h2g2's entry on London's famous transport system

Bus Night
See how BBC Four marked the demise of London's famous Routemaster buses

BBC Four: Betjeman interviews
Listen to the poet

External Links

Transport for London - Tube
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London Transport Museum
Routemasters, tube trains and more

Going Underground
Quirky collection of Tube-related news, facts and stories

Tube Gossip
Comments overheard on London's Underground

Lone Star Productions
Previous documentaries from the makers of Arena: Underground

www.johnbetjeman.com
Poetry and biographical information

www.poetryarchive.org
Listen to Betjeman read his poetry

Underground Ernie
Official website for the children's TV programme

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