Guided by a century-old Bradshaw’s Handbook of Indian, Foreign and Colonial Travel, Michael Portillo embarks on a railway adventure across India and takes in the extraordinary variety of the Indian landscape.

How four iconic British-built trains revolutionised rail travel and inspired incredible railway proj...

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...

Intercity 125 – Britain's own original high-speed train – rules the rails today, but this national i...

Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. P...

A major political, historical, human and economic fact of the 20th century, the Gulag, the extremely...

In this five-part series, comedy legend Sir David Jason hits the West Coast of the USA. He’s on a re...

Griff Rhys Jones explores Africa the unhurried way, as he takes to the continent’s railways to immer...

British comedian and travel enthusiast Griff Rhys Jones hops on some of Australia's most impressive ...

Michael Portillo examines the role of the railways in World War I and travels through Britain and Eu...

The railway age in the Austrian Empire began with the construction of the horse-drawn railway from L...

Climb up on the footplate and join historian and host Dan Cruickshank for a railway adventure like n...

Following an elite crew of workers-- brakemen, engineers, construction crews, mechanics and train dr...

Criss-cross Japan by rail. Enjoy an amazing diversity of nature and scenery across the four seasons,...