Plot: Cartographer George Bradshaw produced the first comprehensive timetable and travel guide of Great Britain's railway system in 1840. Armed with his Bradshaw's Guide, presenter Michael Portillo travels around the country by train exploring the ways that society and industry have changed since the guide...
Plot: Cartographer George Bradshaw produced the first comprehensive timetable and travel guide of Great Britain's railway system in 1840. Armed with his Bradshaw's Guide, presenter Michael Portillo travels around the country by train exploring the ways that society and industry have changed since the guide...
Plot: For years, railways have linked people across the whole of Great Britain and the charms of the British landscape are best captured through the window of a train as it rolls through the countryside. However, in the 1960s, a significant proportion of the railway network was closed, and these railways...
Plot: Behind the scenes of three preserved steam railway lines - the South Devon Railway heritage line, the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highlands Railway and the Great Central Railway.
Plot: Michael Portillo is in Southeast Asia, armed with his 1913 Bradshaw's Handbook. It will lead him on a spectacular 2,500-mile railway adventure across six countries. He explores towering megacities and magnificent mosques.
Plot: Scotland's railway network connects coastal towns and rural villages through a landscape voted the world's most beautiful railway. Meeting the people who work on the trains and the enthusiasts who safeguard the iconic routes.
Plot: Charming steam railroads wind their way through England's beautiful countryside and along its coasts. Taking a look at the history of the railway and George Stephenson and journeying through the picturesque mountains of Scotland and Wales.