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10 Episodes 2021 - 2021
Episode 1
44 mins
Tim Dunn takes to the tracks in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to explore a city rich in railway architecture. He crosses the border into Scotland to see two record-breaking structures. A funicular railway in Germany also features.
Episode 2
44 mins
Tim visits Brunel's first and last railway projects, Wharncliffe Viaduct in West London and Three Bridges a kilometre away. He visits the Rossio terminus in Lisbon and Ballater station, which once hosted royal visitors to Balmoral.
Episode 3
43 mins
Tim Dunn uncovers the secrets above, below and inside London's Charing Cross Station. He also looks at the modern wonder of the Ordsall Chord in Manchester. His focus then shifts to Sweden's railways.
Episode 4
43 mins
Tim Dunn heads underground at the Victorian Bramhope Tunnel in West Yorkshire. He also visits the private railway museum of the late Sir William McAlpine and the rebuilt station in Dresden, destroyed during the Allied bombing in 1945.
Episode 5
43 mins
Tim Dunn visits the popular Victorian holiday resort Saltburn-by-the-Sea, exploring the North Yorkshire town that owes its very existence to the railways. He also visits Aleksandrów Kujawski in Poland and Bristol.
Episode 6
44 mins
Tim heads to Bishopstone in Sussex, a seaside station with a difference, it's also a fortress designed to defend against German attack in WWII. He also visits Stockholm Central Station and the Selby Diversion on the East Coast Main Line.
Episode 7
44 mins
Tim Dunn explores London's first passenger railway - the London and Greenwich Railway, on the longest railway viaduct in Britain today. He also visits the Aln Valley Railway in Northumberland and the railways of the Czech Republic.
Episode 8
44 mins
Tim Dunn takes a trip through the history of the North Staffordshire Railway Company, admiring the beautiful Stoke Station. He also visits the Byker Viaduct on the Tyne and Wear Metro and the Elblag Canal in Poland.
Episode 9
44 mins
Today Tim Dunn heads to the seaside to find out how the railways changed the fortunes of Margate and Ramsgate. He also visits the Dom Luís I Bridge in Portugal and learns about the driverless, underground London Post Office Railway.
Episode 10
43 mins
Tim Dunn visits the historic Grade 1 Curzon Street Station, to be reborn as part of the terminus for HS2, the rail link between London and Birmingham. He also visits a new Metro station in Copenhagen and the world's oldest model village.