The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys

The scenery is very interesting but Bill Nighy's torpid narration is better than a bottle of sleeping tablets. He sounds bored, mostly. Droning on, and on.

Hardly changes his delivery at all - Ho hum I hope they get someone else soon.

It appears that the Narrator (Bill Nighy) was provided with no guidance on pronunciation of place names in the New Zealand episode and no review of the narration was done by anyone with knowledge of New Zealand. Mountain and region names are almost incomprehensible for New Zealanders or those with knowledge of New Zealand. The episode is an embarrassment for this accomplished actor and questions regarding the production crew.

The episode could benefit from re-recording of the narration and leaves question marks regarding pronunciation in other episodes in the series.

Given the narrative structure of the trip is from North to South the editing has resulted in some notable moments that are clearly out of chronological order.

Pity Bill wasn't actually on any of the trains, he may have given Portillo a run, but sitting in a studio, mispronouncing place names doesn't cut it, very disappointing 😓😓

The "world" apparently consists of the UK and nowhere else according to the makers of this for-TV pile of garbage. The makers really should be fined under the Trade Descriptions Act. There is also nothing remotely "scenic" about most of the routes they pick.

Is this really the state of TV in the UK? Yes, of course it is. Insular, stuck in the past and BORING.

I wouldn't make my dog suffer watching this. You shouldn't either..

Bill Nighy plays himself as he takes viewers around the world on the tracks. I wish Bill appeared on screen, wandering the carriages, imparting whimsical bon mots, but not to be. Still, Bill Nighy is central to this series. If Bill was to fall ill, then I propose that Danny Dyer fill in as narrator just in case.