The team examine how a combination of increased leisure time and affordable rail travel opened up new freedoms for working-class Victorians, from trips to the seaside to fossil-hunters exploring Britain's prehistoric past.
Aired: Jul 21, 2016The team of historians examine how the golden age of steam changed Britain in...
Aired: Jul 28, 2016The team look at how the railways impacted on people, those who built them, t...
Aired: Aug 4, 2016The team look at how the railways transformed the British diet, reviving a na...
Aired: Aug 11, 2016The historians take a trip on the legendary Flying Scotsman as they continue ...
Aired: Aug 18, 2016The life of the branch line before Dr Beeching's cuts of the 1960s is examine...
Aired: Aug 25, 2016The team examine how a combination of increased leisure time and affordable r...
Appearances
Current Status: Returning Series
Network: BBC Two
Production Country: United Kingdom
Genres:History
