Power and Empire: The Great Arteries
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Nov 26, 2018
One of the great advances of the 19th Century, the railways were a tool of empire. How did the Victorians use them to expand their influence?
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Nov 26, 2018
One of the great advances of the 19th Century, the railways were a tool of empire. How did the Victorians use them to expand their influence?
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Dec 3, 2018
From the Channel Tunnel to carrying iron ore in the Australian Outback, experts discuss the history and the future of freight trains.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Dec 10, 2018
Intended as an efficient, economical way of moving freight, the emergence of express trains revolutionised society with the demand for fast travel.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Dec 17, 2018
The world's 10 busiest metro systems carry more than 22 billion passengers every year. How has the train shaped cities - and changed the world?
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Dec 24, 2018
As weapons and transport, trains transformed the battlefield - from huge railway guns and hospital trains to those taking victims to death camps.