Caught On A Train is a British

United Kingdom

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 television

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 play written by Stephen Poliakoff

Stephen Poliakoff

Stephen Poliakoff, CBE, FRSL is an acclaimed British playwright, director and scriptwriter, widely judged amongst Britain's foremost television dramatists.-Early life and career:...

 and directed by Peter Duffell, based on an overnight train journey across Europe, and following the route of a journey Poliakoff had himself made from London

London

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 to Vienna

Vienna

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. It was originally shown on BBC1

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 on 31 October 1980.

The play starred Dame Peggy Ashcroft

Peggy Ashcroft

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 and Michael Kitchen

Michael Kitchen

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, with the main supporting cast featuring Wendy Raebeck and Michael Sheard

Michael Sheard

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, with a soundtrack by the jazz composer Mike Westbrook

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. The production won a BAFTA Television Award

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 and other plaudits in 1980, and was re-shown by the BBC in 2001 and 2006. Having previously been available on VHS

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, the play was released on DVD

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 by BBC Worldwide

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 in 2004, with an audio commentary from Poliakoff and producer Kenith Trodd

Kenith Trodd

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.

External links

• The film's entry at the British Film Institute
• Caught on a Train at the Internet Movie Database
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