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Standard Issue Podcast

Rated or Dated: The Railway Children (1970)

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Adventure, nostalgia, trains, Cribbens and three elderly children posher than a lobster in a cravat: HOW JOLLY! Lionel Jeffries’ period piece based on E Nesbit’s 1906 book is a wholesome slice of classic British cinema, but what will filthy commoners Mick, Hannah and Jen make of it? And how will it go down with our resident five year old? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6

Hello and welcome to rated or dated, the last rated or dated of 2025.

0:45.1

I am joined by representing the North, the glassy-eyed, thieving, miserable people of the north, Mickey Noonan.

0:56.8

I dare say.

0:59.7

I've actually got that written next.

1:03.8

Anyway, I'm representing the South.

1:06.6

Jen, isn't she marvellous when she's angry, offered?

1:11.3

Call it.

1:11.6

Blimey, Governor.

1:12.8

No one talks like that in this film.

1:14.8

We literally just had an anecdote which bared that out.

1:18.0

Isn't she marvellous when she's angry?

1:20.0

Absolutely.

1:22.0

So, Mickey, what 1970? Favorite gem?

1:28.0

I don't know.

1:28.6

I'm finding it difficult to disguise my childlike love for this film.

1:33.1

Did we watch this week?

1:35.0

This week, this week, I've gone full northern, this week.

1:39.3

This week we watch classic period drama and perennial school holiday botherer for this 48-year-old, The Railway Children.

1:47.1

Now, Edith Nesbitt's 1906 book has been adapted for the screen six times today, including four television series, a feature film and a made-for-television film.

1:57.9

But we're talking, as Hannah has just hinted, about the most well-known version,

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