Climb up on the footplate and join historian and host Dan Cruickshank for a railway adventure like no other as he investigates how trains helped shape modern Britain. This three-part series resurrects an exhilarating age and kicks off by focusing on the railways' role in defeating Hitler, before unearthing the incredible engineering achievements of Isambard Brunel and embarking on a trip on the earliest steam engines.
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Railway adventures across Australia follows the exploits of Scott McGregor on his quest to find the ...
Professor Alice Roberts takes a train ride that covers 600 years of the Ottoman Empire. Her mission ...
Michael Portillo heads for the Last Frontier of the United States armed with his 1899 Appleton's Gui...
Michael Portillo explores Canada, armed with his Appleton's Guidebook.
These are the Secrets of the Railways, railroads constructed during turbulent periods and associated...
Scotland's rail network crosses a landscape voted the best in the world. This series follows the sta...
"Ekiben" are lunch boxes sold at train stations enjoyed during train journeys which are filled with ...
Documentary series revealing the inner workings of Britain's railways, introducing the track-workers...
Michael Portillo travels on the great train routes of Europe, as he retraces the journeys featured i...
How four iconic British-built trains revolutionised rail travel and inspired incredible railway proj...
A major political, historical, human and economic fact of the 20th century, the Gulag, the extremely...
Intercity 125 – Britain's own original high-speed train – rules the rails today, but this national i...
British comedian and travel enthusiast Griff Rhys Jones hops on some of Australia's most impressive ...
Griff Rhys Jones explores Africa the unhurried way, as he takes to the continent’s railways to immer...
In this five-part series, comedy legend Sir David Jason hits the West Coast of the USA. He’s on a re...