Nicholas Jones
@WhittleStatue
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I produce film documentaries with a specialism in biography. Hence I've made films about Wilbert Awdry and Sir Frank Whittle for BBC 2, and Eric “Winkle” Brown.
United Kingdom
Joined January 2009
Here's the Blu-ray cover of THE THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE MAN. It has the film and 6 extras. Great fun filming old Railway Series books for these with @TomsProps and @DanCoffey1991 You can pre-order from us at and see a trailer at
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As it’s the 80th birthday of The Railway Series, here’s a feature I wrote for the Daily Mail to mark the 65th. It still reads well - but I wish the paper hadn’t such an inaccurate headline! @DanCoffey1991 .
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W.V. Awdry, the man behind Thomas The Tank Engine, was horrified his innocent children's books became commercial property milked for cash.
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Here's the first flight of a UK jet plane today in 1941. Frank Whittle and Eric Brown recall it in my film Whittle The Jet Pioneer, on DVD at Whittle - The Jet Pioneer (History Channel). First flight of Frank Whitt. via @YouTube.
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At 7.15pm today in 1941 a UK jet plane first flew, the Gloster Whittle. @CcibChris Yet it nearly didn't happen! Sir Frank Whittle reveals why as he recalls the flight in my TV doc WHITTLE THE JET PIONEER. I've just 110 DVDs of this left. To buy one visit
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For those interested in history or ocean liners, today is the 110th anniversary of the Lusitania sinking. My grandfather survived this atrocity - hence I can write this now @militaryhistori @holland_tom .
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Each year we commemorate the sinking of Liverpool's favourite liner, the #Lusitania, on 7 May. This year we will be marking the anniversary online instead of our usual memorial service at the...
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RT @Steaming2Legacy: I got five more Japanese books of the @ThomasNo1_JP Railway Series including James and the Diesel Engines from https:….
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RT @PathwateFilms: Next Story Coming Soon! . Huge Thank you to @SunnySudrian for the fantastic thumbnail!!!
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On this day 28 years ago I woke up to sad news. Wilbert had died overnight. I quickly asked the BBC to repeat the film he helped me make. The Thomas the Tank Engine Man trailer (Bookmark BBC 2, 1995). via @YouTube.
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RT @DylanMay631997: Happy 30th Anniversary to @WhittleStatue’s greatest documentary from 1995!.
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Do please read this! The Thomas The Tank Engine Man by Nicholas Jones » WIlbert Awdry interview and Shepperton now scanned to 2K — Kickstarter
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RT @reallyusefulCJ: @MikeODonnell5 @AardmanMike @DanCoffey1991 @SeaSwine9 @SodorSamurai @WhittleStatue this is Dedicated to all….
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RT @MikeODonnell5: Just wanted to give huge thumbs up 👍to all the Thomas fans who managed to get to the Midland Arts Centre yesterday, with….
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RT @militaryhistori: Ding Dong. I am so sad to learn that one of my childhood heroes, the actor Leslie Phillips CBE, he of Carry on Nurse &….
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RT @SpitfireFilly: A Prime Minister resigning during the workday is the adult equivalent of when it starts starts snowing outside at school.
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RT @militaryhistori: @COUPSURE Here is a very good interpretation of tactical layout of the Russian defensive lines in the Donbass.
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RT @TomsProps: 76017 being towed through Selhurst earlier today, en route from the @Watercress_Line to the @bluebellrailway for their Giant….
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RT @Taff_Gillingham: My Dad and his cousins often mentioned a low-flying German Ju88 machine-gunning local streets and the playground and c….
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RT @GilesMacDonogh: 75 missiles were fired, 10 people were killed. It is horrible that one person should be killed, but the firework displa….
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Russia is clearly still as out-of-date today as it was for the time when I filmed there in 1987. Yet Putin clearly does not realise.
@GilesMacDonogh All those analogue phones and 1970s buttons to push.
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RT @tanya9275: My sweet boy isn't feeling the best today. He looks so sad.😢 #dogsoftwitter #germanshepherd
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RT @militaryhistori: Calling all Sappers. An opportunity has arisen for lovers of classical music & bridging to join us at a seaside locati….
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