← Railways: The Making of a Nation

Season 1

6 episodes · 2016

  1. 1Time

    28 Sep 2016 · 30 min

    Exploring 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?

  2. 2Capitalism and Commerce

    05 Oct 2016 · 30 min

    Series about Britain's railways. Liz McIvor explores how railways stimulated great changes to the nation's economy, changing how business was done.

  3. 3The Age of Leisure

    12 Oct 2016 · 30 min

    6.0 (1)

    Documentary series about Britain's railways. A look at how the idea of an excursion to distant places became popular from the 1840s onwards.

  4. 4The New Commuters

    19 Oct 2016 · 30 min

    7.0 (1)

    Documentary series about Britain's railways. Liz McIvor examines how the railways enabled people to live further and further from the places where they worked.

  5. 5Food and Shopping

    26 Oct 2016 · 30 min

    6.0 (1)

    Series about Britain's railways. How the railways changed culinary tastes in London, as rapid transport enabled people to enjoy food from across the nation.

  6. 6A Touch of Classfinale

    02 Nov 2016 · 30 min

    7.0 (1)

    Documentary series about Britain's railways. This edition charts how, in the 1800s, the trains gradually acted as a great catalyst in mixing the classes.