Plot: Michael Portillo presents his personally curated highlights from a decade of railway journeys across the globe. Michael shares his thoughts on the impact of railways since their invention less than 200 years ago on politics, economics, and tourism.
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.
Plot: Featuring a variety of modern-day preservation work and main line activity around the UK, including many preserved railways during special events, extensions to new locations, a Barry engine under restoration, and much more.
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: Actress Julie Walters explores the United Kingdom's most interesting stretches of coastal railways, exploring areas like the West Highlands in Scotland, the East Coast Line starting in Newcastle, the Great Western Railway in Devon and Cornwall, and North Wales. As she takes in the sights along the...
Plot: Michael Portillo, presenter of `Great British Railway Journeys', `Great Continental Railway Journeys' and `Great American Railroad Journeys', embarks on an adventure to India to experience the country through its extensive railway system. Portillo brings along with him a copy of Bradshaw's "Handbook...
Plot: Behind the scenes at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, taking a look back in time to the golden age of steam. A tireless army of staff and volunteers give the inside track on what it takes to run a heritage railway.
Plot: Historian Liz McIvor explores how Britain's expanding rail network was the spark to a social revolution, starting in the 1800s and continuing through to modern times.