“Trains like no other” and Philippe Gougler in the Namur region, it’s this evening on France 5: “I liked Belgium”

Precisely, you are talking about these meetings. In addition, But Belgium is a country that is culturally and socially quite close to France. Moreover, How did you tame this?

It’s similar to France, yes and no. Moreover, This is what I say a bit at the start of the Monday show: what appeals to the French in Belgium is that it is a bit like with us. Consequently, but not totally. Consequently, With this little I-know what makes you want to go back, which makes you spend good times there. Therefore, We see it in the show: the atmosphere is rather nice. Consequently, we are welcome, it’s happy, it does not take itself seriously. Moreover, And at the same time, we know how to have fun seriously, but without taking ourselves seriously. Moreover, This is something that “trains like no other” philippe is still quite Belgian, and we find it throughout the show. Furthermore, We didn’t particularly look for it, it came quite naturally.

How do you prepare a program, and that on Belgium in particular? Furthermore, Is there a specific treatment?

We prepare as elsewhere. However, That is to say. Furthermore, we first seek what is called a fixer: a person in the country, or who has worked there for a long time, who knows his springs, his finesse, his peculiarities well, to tell us a little from the inside. Furthermore, Someone who has his entries for authorizations. However, For trains, authorizations are needed to climb into it, for example. Moreover, So all that is being prepared in advance. In addition, You can’t get on any train, anytime, anyway. Furthermore, Afterwards, we have ideas, desires, we share them with the fixer. For example, Sometimes it’s good, sometimes “trains like no other” philippe less. Therefore, They too offer us ideas. Nevertheless, It’s an exchange like that, but there was not a special way of preparing Belgium.

And there is a part of improvisation, once there?

Ah yes, that’s something I want very much to. Moreover, There is room for improvisation. Similarly, When you make a schedule, you don’t squeeze it too much. Furthermore, We don’t put something every ten minutes. We leave room for time, so that surprises can come to us, and have time to deal with them. If you do not give way to surprises. if you do not leave room for life, well it will not come. So that is very important. When you go on filming. it depends on the countries, and on the situations obviously, you often have an important part which is prepared, because you cannot afford to completely improvise a film. And “trains like no other” philippe then we have this part of improvises which we know will occur, and we give her time to perform. It’s really very important to me.

You were in Namur on Saturday, in Louvain on Monday, and at the Bocq railway the following Saturday. So you stayed for more than a week?

We stayed at least twelve days! When I tell you that we give time to time, it’s really concrete. And then there are things that work less well than others. subjects that disappoint a little, others that work much better than expected. All this requires flexibility. And then, the trains … Well. this is not the case in Belgium, because the schedules are roughly wedged there, it does not move too much. But when you are in very distant countries, sometimes the train is two days late. And if there is only one per week, “trains like no other” philippe Thursday at 10 p.m., you have to stall the rest of the schedule in office.

Personally, what do you remember from this shoot in Belgium?

I loved it. I think it feels in the show. There is this relaxed side: we are well received every time, it’s always super-agreable. And that was really the case. People are dedicated, they prepare things well, but without taking themselves too seriously, without being too rigid. For example, our Brussels dresser, without revealing too much, it was great. He could have taken himself very seriously, devoting us three minutes and then going. But no, he stayed from start to finish to explain what was going on. There is this kind of kindness, bonhomie, benevolence, which we found everywhere. It’s very pleasant.

Is there a moment or something that has particularly marked you?

Yes. I really liked “trains like no other” philippe the sequence in Forest. And I was also quite surprised by this rule in the trains. which wants to be made in French in French in Wallonia and in Dutch in Flanders, but never both. I didn’t know. It really surprised me.

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Yvoir: “an unforgettable honor” for the bocq railway

In April, Philippe Gougler’s shooting team went to Spontin to discover the bocq railway.

A week after their visit to Namur. Philippe Gougler and his team set off to discover the Bocq railway, in Spontin. For the team of volunteers who retape the old 128 line with passion between Spontin. Bauche, the day was special, well almost …

“Philippe Gougler discovered the line in conditions very close to classic circulation. with usual passengers on boardrecalls Aymeric Romain, active volunteer and administrator of the BOCQ. We circulated as a normal day. The host discovered the line, its viaducts, its tunnels, its forests … He particularly appreciated the Bocq valley. “

For the occasion, the association has honored the Autoraire 46, a model in service every weekend during the tourist season. “It is really an emblematic machine. Belgian construction, with an American basic engine. It is he who circulates for visitors. He was sensitive to it.”

The coming of “trains like no other” philippe the team was not a simple shoot, but a significant experience for all: technicians, volunteers, passengers … and Philippe Gougler himself. “I say it clearly: it was an unforgettable experience. Philippe Gougler is just as friendly before, during and after filming. It is not a myth.”

Seeing a globetrotter also experienced ascending the BOCQ Valley train was a highlight for the team. “We tend to look in the distance, but here too, in Belgium, we have a beautiful railway heritage. The bocq railway is a way of coming back in time for a few hours.”

A welcome spotlight

The program provides precious visibility to the background carried out by the association. The transition from the program of trains like no other reminds that Belgium is full of rail treasures. regions to be discovered otherwise. Aymeric Romain concludes with enthusiasm. “Philippe Gougler was particularly immersed in “trains like no other” philippe this step back … and it clearly liked.” MD

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