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.
Series telling the story of the architects, engineers and spin doctors who entered a frantic two yea...
Scotland's rail network crosses a landscape voted the best in the world. This series follows the sta...
These are the Secrets of the Railways, railroads constructed during turbulent periods and associated...
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...
Railway adventures across Australia follows the exploits of Scott McGregor on his quest to find the ...
"Ekiben" are lunch boxes sold at train stations enjoyed during train journeys which are filled with ...
Professor Alice Roberts takes a train ride that covers 600 years of the Ottoman Empire. Her mission ...
Covering thousands of miles, Sir Tony Robinson takes a whirlwind journey around the globe by train.
David Choe hitchhikes his way across these United States by (other people's) trains, cars, and boats...
This series looks at the iconic trains that have done the most to change history. Each train is an e...
The invention of trains transformed everything about how humans lived. From the movement of goods an...
From picturesque scenery and rich history to sumptuous spa rooms and culinary artistry, Alan Cumming...
Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. P...
The Mexico City Metropolitan Train has many stories to tell: from archaeological findings during its...
Intercity 125 – Britain's own original high-speed train – rules the rails today, but this national i...
A major political, historical, human and economic fact of the 20th century, the Gulag, the extremely...