The most map-heavy episode is 'Grasshopper':
Even if no one at any point examines one closely, many London Underground-related maps are visible across the nine episodes of this compilation film. The most map-heavy episode is 'Grasshopper': Not all of the episodes achieve topographical coherence; 'Grasshopper' is the worst offender, showing characters entering a Piccadilly Line station (Southgate) who then are immediately on a Bakerloo Line train heading for Marylebone, Oxford Circus and Piccadilly Circus stations: As well as maps, Tube Tales features several view of stations I have regularly used. Attractive objects and familiar sights can often compensate for narrative deficiencies: Above is a view out from Southgate Station, towards a now-closed Wimpy Bar that I once frequented. Below are views of the interior of the station: See here for more on this 1933 station by Charles Holden. Below are mapped all of Holden's London Underground stations: The 'Mr Cool' and 'Mouth' episodes of Tube Tales both feature another Holden station, East Finchley, but neither displays any of its distinctive architectural features: The next stop down the Northern Line from East Finchley is Highgate, the station I use most often; it features heavily in the 'Bird in the Hand' episode: The 'Mr Cool' episode shows the rolling stock depot at Highgate: Five stations south of Highgate is Leslie Green's Mornington Crescent Station, featured in the 'Rosebud' episode: Below are mapped all of Green's London Underground stations: Here are four other stations featured in Tube Tales: As is clear from the identifications at Reelstreets, to which I am indebted for this post, some station platforms are dressed to pass as others. The worst offender in this respect is 'Great Portland Street Station': The experts at Reelstreets point out that 'Great Portland Street is on a "sub-surface" line, and this is a "tube" station'.
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