Merchant Navy

Summary The Hornby team go back to their illustrious past when they decide to launch a metal die-cast replica of a 1940's steam locomotive, the Merchant Navy, General Steam Navigation. It's a passion project for Development Director Simon Kohler who fondly remembers his brother getting one for Christmas as a child, it's a bittersweet moment as his mum could only afford one set for the children since their father died. And enthusiast Callum Willcox recreates in perfect miniature, part of the now defunct Somerset and Dorset railway line, using loft insulation and a lot of patience.

S1.E1 ∙ Merchant Navy

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Pete Waterman Sunetra Sarker Jools Holland Gaynor Faye

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 10, 2021

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : UKTV Play

Language : English

Production companies : UKTV HM Treasury Rare Television

Summary The Hornby team go back to their illustrious past when they decide to launch a metal die-cast replica of a 1940's steam locomotive, the Merchant Navy, General Steam Navigation. It's a passion project for Development Director Simon Kohler who fondly remembers his brother getting one for Christmas as a child, it's a bittersweet moment as his mum could only afford one set for the children since their father died. And enthusiast Callum Willcox recreates in perfect miniature, part of the now defunct Somerset and Dorset railway line, using loft insulation and a lot of patience.

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 10, 2021

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : UKTV Play

Language : English

Production companies : UKTV HM Treasury Rare Television

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