Railways: The Making of a Nation
Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 6
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.
Episodes(6)
1. Time
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?
Air Date : 2016-09-28
2. Capitalism and Commerce
Series about Britain's railways. Liz McIvor explores how railways stimulated great changes to the nation's economy, changing how business was done.
Air Date : 2016-10-05
3. The Age of Leisure
Documentary series about Britain's railways. A look at how the idea of an excursion to distant places became popular from the 1840s onwards.
Air Date : 2016-10-12
4. The New Commuters
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.
Air Date : 2016-10-19
5. Food and Shopping
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.
Air Date : 2016-10-26
6. A Touch of Class
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.
Air Date : 2016-11-02
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