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* JurisdictionFriction: As retold by the British Transport Policeman, there was an initial a clash between the British Transport Police (BTP) and the Met regarding access to the crash site after the Southall train disaster. BTP took a blunt approach to resolving it.
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* JurisdictionFriction: As retold by the British Transport Policeman, there was an initial a clash between the British Transport Police (BTP) and the Met regarding access to the crash site after the Southall train disaster. BTP took a blunt approach to resolving it.
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* ShoutOut: Two of the Permanent Way Gang have work nicknames (taken from their helmet names) that double as shout outs.
** Rustin' Hoffman is a PunnyName reference to Creator/DustinHoffman.
** Stormin' Norman is a direct reference to U.S. Army general Norman Schwarzkopf, widely known by that nickname after his role as coalition commander in UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar.
** Rustin' Hoffman is a PunnyName reference to Creator/DustinHoffman.
** Stormin' Norman is a direct reference to U.S. Army general Norman Schwarzkopf, widely known by that nickname after his role as coalition commander in UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar.
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** The Ladbroke Grove crash happens during the enquiry into the previous Southall disaster enquiry, which prompts the Campaigning Solicitor to compare the situation to ''Film/GroundhogDay''.
**Two of the Permanent Way Gang have work nicknames (taken from their helmet names) that double as shout outs.
** *** Rustin' Hoffman is a PunnyName reference to Creator/DustinHoffman.
** *** Stormin' Norman is a direct reference to U.S. Army general Norman Schwarzkopf, widely known by that nickname after his role as coalition commander in UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar.
** The Ladbroke Grove crash happens during the enquiry into the previous Southall disaster enquiry, which prompts the Campaigning Solicitor to compare the situation to ''Film/GroundhogDay''.
**Two of the Permanent Way Gang have work nicknames (taken from their helmet names) that double as shout outs.
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** Descriptions such as "A Leading Entrepreneur" and "A Second Bereaved Mother" are used, even when anyone familiar with the events will know exactly who the interviewee was.
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** Descriptions such as "A Leading Entrepreneur" and "A Second Bereaved Mother" are used, even when if anyone familiar with the events will know exactly who the interviewee was.was, or if names are actually mentioned in dialogue.
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Due to the nature of the play, many of the associated tropes are drawn from RealLife and merely highlighted on the stage.
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* YouAreNumberSix: A bleak variant. The Bereaved Mother states that she doesn't think she'd have started campaigning if her son, killed in the Southall crash, wasn't simply referred to as "Body No 6".
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* ByTheBookCop: Played with. The British Transport Policeman ignores the manual when his team's identifying and moving the dead after the Southall crash, because the manual doesn't seem fit for purpose when handling a rail disaster on that scale. He also has a scribe record all of the decisions made on the day. At a later date he then ''rewrites'' the manual, trying to ensure that next time it's more useful.
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* JurisdictionFriction: As retold by the British Transport Policeman, there's initially a clash between the British Transport Police and the Met regarding the Southall train disaster. BTP took a blunt approach to resolving it.
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* JurisdictionFriction: As retold by the British Transport Policeman, there's initially there was an initial a clash between the British Transport Police (BTP) and the Met regarding access to the crash site after the Southall train disaster. BTP took a blunt approach to resolving it.
-->'''British TransportPoliceman:''''Policeman:''' I said to this boy, 'Take your fucking boots off the table, I'm in charge of this investigation and I'll decide who goes down there'. He said, 'Fair enough guv, got the message.'
-->'''British Transport
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* JurisdictionFriction: As retold by the British Transport Policeman, there's initially a clash between the British Transport Police and the Met regarding the Southall train disaster. BTP took a blunt approach to resolving it.
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* LegacyCharacter: A discussed variant. In practical terms, the Permanent Way Gang are OnlyKnownByTheirNickname at work - and that nickname is the JokeNameTag on their helmet, which may get handed on when the original owner leaves. Catweasel states that he turned up and took over someone else's name (and helmet) when he first started, bypassing the introductory safety course as his predecessor had already done it.
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** The Permanent Way Gang are identified by the names written on their helmets, and mention that this is how it works in RealLife as well. Although Rustin' Hoffman mentions that this ''might'' be someone's real name, that's not how it works for most of the
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** The Permanent Way Gang are identified by the names written on their helmets, and mention that this is how it works in RealLife as well. Although Rustin' Hoffman mentions that this ''might'' be match someone's real name, that's not how it works for most of the them.
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* JokeNameTag: The Permanent Way Gang's helmets carry a range of nicknames, from "[[PunnyName Rustin' Hoffman]]" to "[[
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* JokeNameTag: The Permanent Way Gang's helmets carry a range of nicknames, from "[[PunnyName [[PunnyName Rustin' Hoffman]]" Hoffman]] to "[[Doghole, Stormin' Norman and Piemuncher, and at work they are OnlyKnownByTheirNickname. Some, such as JH and Sven, might be related to someone's real name. But even if they are, that's not guaranteed to be the person who now wears that helmet.
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** The Permanent Way Gang are identified by the names written on their helmets, and mention that this is how it works in RealLife as well. Although Rustin' Hoffman mentions that this ''might'' be someone's real name, that's not how it works for any of the Gang members who appear in the play.
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** The Permanent Way Gang are identified by the names written on their helmets, and mention that this is how it works in RealLife as well. Although Rustin' Hoffman mentions that this ''might'' be someone's real name, that's not how it works for any most of the Gang members who appear in the play.
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* JokeNameTag: The Permanent Way Gang's helmets carry a range of nicknames, from "[[PunnyName Rustin' Hoffman]]" to "[[
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* ShoutOut: Two of the Permanent Way Gang have work nicknames (taken from their helmet names) that double as shout outs.
** Rustin' Hoffman is a PunnyName reference to Creator/DustinHoffman.
** Stormin' Norman is a direct reference to U.S. Army general Norman Schwarzkopf, widely known by that nickname after his role as coalition commander in UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar.
** Rustin' Hoffman is a PunnyName reference to Creator/DustinHoffman.
** Stormin' Norman is a direct reference to U.S. Army general Norman Schwarzkopf, widely known by that nickname after his role as coalition commander in UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar.
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* PunnyName: Rustin' Hoffman, who takes his work nickname from the name written on his helmet.
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* PunnyName: Rustin' Hoffman, who takes his work nickname from the name written on his helmet.helmet, is a funny ShoutOut to Creator/DustinHoffman.
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* TheGhost: Playwright Creator/DavidHare himself. Due to the structure of the play, we get one side of most conversations. The interviewees responses are aimed at him, and he's sometimes mentioned by name. But he's never represented onstage.
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* TheGhost: Playwright Creator/DavidHare himself. Due to the structure of the play, we get one side of most conversations. The interviewees responses are aimed at him, dialogue is largely made up of direct answers to his questions, and he's sometimes mentioned by name. But he's never represented onstage.
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* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: Subverted. After the prologue, Part Two opens with the High-Powered Treasury Thinker dismissing the idea of a play about railways as boring, pouring scorn on the idea that it might work. However, it's also presented in a way that presents him as out-of-touch - especially after the prologue's montage of views and mention of fatal crashes.
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* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: Subverted. After the prologue, Part Two opens with the High-Powered Treasury Thinker dismissing the idea of a play about railways as boring, pouring scorn on the idea that it might work. However, it's also presented framed in a way that presents him as out-of-touch - especially after the prologue's montage of views and mention of fatal crashes.
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* TheGhost: Playwright Creator/DavidHare himself. Due to the structure of the play, we get one side of most conversations. The interviewees responses are aimed at him, and he's sometimes mentioned by name. But he's never represented onstage.
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* JustFollowingOrders: Directly discussed by the Investment Banker, just after the play mentions the Hatfield crash and talk about how privatisation stressed the infrastructure beyond its limits.
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* JustFollowingOrders: Directly discussed by the Investment Banker, just after the play mentions the Hatfield crash and talk talks about how privatisation stressed the infrastructure beyond its limits.
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* JustFollowingOrders: Directly discussed by the Investment Banker, just after the play covers talks about how privatisation stressed the infrastructure beyond its limits and first mentions the Hatfield crash.
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* TitleDrop: The [[AllInTheManual play script]] introduces the track maintenance team as the Permanent Way Gang, but the only reference within the play itself is later in the scene, when Catweasel talks about the job:
-->'''Catweasel:''' Bloke from [=McAlpines=] comes up to me, says, 'Call this number if you ever want to work on the permanent way.'
-->'''Catweasel:''' Bloke from [=McAlpines=] comes up to me, says, 'Call this number if you ever want to work on the permanent way.'
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** The Permanent Way Gang are identified by the names written on their helmets, and mention that this is how it works in RealLife as well. Although Rustin' Hoffman mentions that this ''might'' be someone's real name, that's not how it works for any of the Gang members who appear in the play.
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* IWasNeverHere: At the end of his interview, the High-Powered Treasury Thinker repeatedly states that, as far as he's concerned, the meeting (and interview) didn't happen.
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* JustFollowingOrders: Directly discussed by the Investment Banker, just after the play covers talks about how privatisation stressed the infrastructure beyond its limits and first mentions the Hatfield crash.
-->'''Investment Banker:''' Do I personally feel guilty? Which answer do you want me to give? The Nuremberg defence? 'I was only obeying orders.'
-->'''Investment Banker:''' Do I personally feel guilty? Which answer do you want me to give? The Nuremberg defence? 'I was only obeying orders.'
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* LoyalToThePosition: Discussed, in a RealLife context. The nature of the job means that Civil Servants can be completely committed to a piece of legislation but also utterly convinced that it's folly. Politicians set policy, Civil Servants simply make it happen.
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* {{Understatement}}: The Senior Civil Servant mentions how one colleague got so furious with a Treasury representative that he physically picked him up, slammed him against a wall, swore at him, and threatened he'd never work in Whitehall again. The anecdote ends with a very British, very understated comment:
-->'''Senior Civil Servant:''' Now if you know the Civil Service, this is quite unusual.
-->'''Senior Civil Servant:''' Now if you know the Civil Service, this is quite unusual.
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* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: Subverted. After the prologue, Part Two opens with the High-Powered Treasury Thinker dismissing the idea of a play about railways as boring, pouring scorn on the idea that it might work. However, it's also presented in a way that presents him as out-of-touch - especially after the prologue's montage of views and mention of fatal crashes.
-->'''High-Powered Treasury Thinker:''' People who want to talk about railways are by definition nerds. If there's a play in there I'm amazed.
-->'''High-Powered Treasury Thinker:''' People who want to talk about railways are by definition nerds. If there's a play in there I'm amazed.
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''The Permanent Way'' is a play by Creator/DavidHare, first performed in 2003. Composed of interview material and quotes from real people, edited and arranged into play form, it looks at the privatisation of the British railway system and some of the fatal crashes that followed.
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''The Permanent Way'' is a stage play by Creator/DavidHare, first performed in 2003. Composed of interview material and quotes from real people, edited and arranged into play form, it looks at the privatisation of the British railway system and some of the fatal crashes that followed.
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->''"I can't imagine why you want to write a play about the railways. I'm sure, as you say, there are a lot of people eager to talk, but are they actually the kind of people you want to talk to?"''
-->-- '''High-Powered Treasury Thinker'''
-->-- '''High-Powered Treasury Thinker'''
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* {{Documentary}}: Somewhere on the borderline between a documentary and a {{Dramatization}}. All dialogue is in the form of direct quotations, but they've been edited and arranged, with the interviewees names deliberately omitted.
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''The Permanent Way'' is a play by Creator/DavidHare, first performed in 2003. Composed of interview material and quotes from real people, edited and arranged into play form, it looks at the privatisation of the British railway system and some of the fatal crashes that followed.
Most of the characters are only identified by nicknames or descriptions of their role (e.g. 'A British Transport Policeman' or 'Passenger 7'), even when that role makes the real person's identity easy to discover (e.g. 'A Managing Director of Railtrack').
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!!''The Permanent Way'' provides examples of:
* AudioAdaptation: A radio drama version was produced by Creator/TheBBC in 2003, with the original cast and director.
* DramatisPersonae: The usual list of characters is presented at the start of the play script, but almost all of the characters are identified by their role or a nickname.
** Descriptions such as "A Leading Entrepreneur" and "A Second Bereaved Mother" are used, even when anyone familiar with the events will know exactly who the interviewee was.
** John Prescott and Lord Cullen are the only two people clearly identified by name.
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''The Permanent Way'' is a play by Creator/DavidHare, first performed in 2003. Composed of interview material and quotes from real people, edited and arranged into play form, it looks at the privatisation of the British railway system and some of the fatal crashes that followed.
Most of the characters are only identified by nicknames or descriptions of their role (e.g. 'A British Transport Policeman' or 'Passenger 7'), even when that role makes the real person's identity easy to discover (e.g. 'A Managing Director of Railtrack').
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!!''The Permanent Way'' provides examples of:
* AudioAdaptation: A radio drama version was produced by Creator/TheBBC in 2003, with the original cast and director.
* DramatisPersonae: The usual list of characters is presented at the start of the play script, but almost all of the characters are identified by their role or a nickname.
** Descriptions such as "A Leading Entrepreneur" and "A Second Bereaved Mother" are used, even when anyone familiar with the events will know exactly who the interviewee was.
** John Prescott and Lord Cullen are the only two people clearly identified by name.
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