Making Tracks
His interest in engineering and technology resulted in his joining the "Tomorrow's World" presentation team, alongside Raymond Baxter. Over the following 30 years Symes became a familiar face to British TV audiences across a number of engineering, technology and railway related productions, including "Model World" (in 1975) which was dedicated to the hobby of modelling, and then co-presented with Mary-Jean Hasler "Making Tracks" a series dedicated to little-known rail lines and networks worldwide, and which specialised in steam operations.