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  • 2016-09-28T19:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 30m
  • 3h (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary, History
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.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

2016-09-28T19:00:00Z

1x01 Time

Series Premiere

1x01 Time

  • 2016-09-28T19:00:00Z30m

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?

2016-10-05T19:00:00Z

1x02 Capitalism and Commerce

1x02 Capitalism and Commerce

  • 2016-10-05T19:00:00Z30m

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

2016-10-12T19:00:00Z

1x03 The Age of Leisure

1x03 The Age of Leisure

  • 2016-10-12T19:00:00Z30m

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

2016-10-19T19:00:00Z

1x04 The New Commuters

1x04 The New Commuters

  • 2016-10-19T19:00:00Z30m

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.

2016-10-26T19:00:00Z

1x05 Food and Shopping

1x05 Food and Shopping

  • 2016-10-26T19:00:00Z30m

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.

2016-11-02T20:00:00Z

1x06 A Touch of Class

1x06 A Touch of Class

  • 2016-11-02T20:00:00Z30m

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.

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