Indeed. Very 'deep' episode in places but a difficult topic dealt well with in my view. It took my absolutely ages to guess the station, completely forgetting that it existed until you could see one of the roundel signs on the platform just as they carried the body away at the end.
I think 'deep' sums it up. Very much a serious episode on the whole since that was the main 'theme' of it. The warning that came before the episode was very valid too. Possibly not the sort of detail I thought they would show on TV to be honest.
Something that I noticed - when the tube worker was going onto the track to test whether the traction current had been de-energised again, I'm sure he actually touched the 4th rail as he climbed across with the testing kit (given how high it is off the floor at that point). Was I imagining things or did he actually do so to help him get across it?
On a lighter note, was good to see how the staff kept spirits up by getting everyone on the opposite platform to blow their horns/whistles etc - I guess it helps keeps tensions from running too high with people wanting to get home, some of whom have probably had a few too many :P
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(By the way, I can confirm that these staff really do exist, I saw 2 of the staff in the intro sequence working when I was in London yesterday, and one was having his photo taken at the time I walked past! :P )
I wonder if this series could end up having the same effect for the staff featured as it seems to have done for the Stobart drivers who have been on Trucks & Trailers....they seem, in some cases, to have become celebrities!