Episode 1
Power and Empire: The Great Arteries
2018-11-26
One of the great advances of the 19th Century, the railways were a tool of empire. How did the Victorians use them to expand their influence?
TV season
2018-11-26
Episode 1
2018-11-26
One of the great advances of the 19th Century, the railways were a tool of empire. How did the Victorians use them to expand their influence?
Episode 2
2018-12-03
From the Channel Tunnel to carrying iron ore in the Australian Outback, experts discuss the history and the future of freight trains.
Episode 3
2018-12-10
Intended as an efficient, economical way of moving freight, the emergence of express trains revolutionised society with the demand for fast travel.
Episode 4
2018-12-17
The world's 10 busiest metro systems carry more than 22 billion passengers every year. How has the train shaped cities - and changed the world?
Episode 5
2018-12-24
As weapons and transport, trains transformed the battlefield - from huge railway guns and hospital trains to those taking victims to death camps.
Episode 6
2018-12-31
Trains have changed the way people see the world - and each other. What is it that makes them so special?