Season 1

01 Time
30mExploring how Britain's expanding rail network sparked a social revolution. How do you organise a network in a country of separate time zones and no recognised timetables?
2016-09-28
02 Capitalism and Commerce
30mSeries about Britain's railways. Liz McIvor explores how railways stimulated great changes to the nation's economy, changing how business was done.
2016-10-05
03 The Age of Leisure
30mDocumentary series about Britain's railways. A look at how the idea of an excursion to distant places became popular from the 1840s onwards.
2016-10-12 6.0
04 The New Commuters
30mDocumentary series about Britain's railways. Liz McIvor examines how the railways enabled people to live further and further from the places where they worked.
2016-10-19 7.0
05 Food and Shopping
30mSeries about Britain's railways. How the railways changed culinary tastes in London, as rapid transport enabled people to enjoy food from across the nation.
2016-10-26 6.0
06 A Touch of Class
30mDocumentary series about Britain's railways. This edition charts how, in the 1800s, the trains gradually acted as a great catalyst in mixing the classes.
2016-11-02 7.0


