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Caught on a Train

Caught on a Train

"Caught On A Train" was a critically successful British television drama written by Stephen Poliakoff, based on an overnight train journey across Europe, and following the route of a journey Poliakoff had himself made from London to Vienna. It was originally shown on BBC1 on October 31 1980.

The play starred Dame Peggy Ashcroft and Michael Kitchen, with the main supporting cast featuring Wendy Raebeck and Michael Sheard, with a soundtrack by the jazz composer Mike Westbrook. The production won a BAFTA Television Award and other plaudits in 1980, and was re-shown by the BBC in 2001 and 2006. It was released on DVD by BBC Worldwide in 2004, with an audio commentary from Poliakoff and producer Kenith Trodd.

External links

* [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/523306/index.html The film's entry at the British Film Institute]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080507/ "Caught on a Train"] at the Internet Movie Database


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