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9 Episodes 2019 - 0
Episode 1
Mon, Nov 25, 2019 45 mins
Chris Tarrant crosses Europe to tell the story of the machine that led to death on such a horrendous scale. It was not the machine gun, the first warplanes, tanks or even mustard gas - it was the railway.
Episode 2
Mon, Dec 2, 2019 45 mins
Boarding a train in Budapest, Chris takes a mid-winter trip through Transylvania in Romania in search of the truth behind the story of Dracula and to find out how well the region's railway networks - meticulously described in Bram Stoker's 1897 classic novel - have survived.
Episode 3
Mon, Dec 9, 2019 45 mins
Chris heads to the crossroads of the world in search of a legendary long-distance railway that played a crucial role in Turkey's history.
Episode 4
Mon, Dec 16, 2019 45 mins
Chris arrives in Mombasa on the trail of what was surely the greatest, maddest railway endeavor of the entire colonial era, the building of the so-called Lunatic Line.
Episode 5
Thu, Jun 18, 2020 45 mins
Episode 6
Tue, Jul 28, 2020 45 mins
This week, Chris is in the Republic of the Congo to experience one of the greatest surviving African railways of the colonial era. Built by French colonists at a cost of tens of thousands of African lives, this railway connects the capital of Brazzaville, far inland on the Congo River, to the coast 310miles away. It has remained a vital lifeline for both people and freight in a country with few roads and thousands of square of miles of jungle.
Episode 7
Sun, Aug 2, 2020 45 mins
Chris Tarrant travels on the historically Soviet Trans-Caucasus Railway, beginning in the Azerbaijani city of Baku before exploring the Geogian capital Tbilisi's vintage metro system, then a mountain rail bridge designed by Eiffel, and finally a tunnel reputed to be held together with egg yolk.
Episode 8
Mon, Aug 3, 2020 45 mins
Chris Tarrant takes a train trip through northern Scandinavia's winter wonderland, visiting the northern reaches of Norway, Sweden, Lapland and Finland. Included is a trip to the North Pole to visit a well-known resident.
Episode 9
Wed, Jun 29, 2022 60 mins