Season 1

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?

2016-09-28 • 30 min

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.

2016-10-05 • 30 min

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.

2016-10-12 • 30 min

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.

2016-10-19 • 30 min

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.

2016-10-26 • 30 min

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.

2016-11-02 • 30 min