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Secrets of the Transport Museum - Episode Guide

Season 1

Episode 1

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Mar 30, 2021

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A historic Frazer Nash car must be fixed before a big race. Plus, the first car ever to go round the track is brought back to life but will the museum director pass her test in order to drive it? And a Harrier jump jet is feeling deflated.

Episode 2

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Apr 6, 2021

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A Delage V12 famous for early women's records on the track returns to be driven by a modern-day legend. Concord's wings need some urgent TLC. A Route Master is given a makeover.

Episode 3

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Apr 13, 2021

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A rare Triumph motorcycle is rescued from a barn and brought back to life. There's a battle against the elements for vintage aircraft to grace the skies of Brooklands once again. And a wooden chassis car is being eaten alive by woodworm.

Episode 4

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Apr 20, 2021

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An F1 racer goes on a perilous journey and there's a new addition to the exhibit – a Formula E car. It takes teamwork to fix the snapped gearstick on the Railton Terraplane, and a dynamic duo tackle a dented wing in the Aero-Minx.

Episode 5

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Apr 27, 2021

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A legendary racing car is put through its paces, when it meets an old rival. There's an eight-year mission to restore a Wellington Bomber and time is short for the team preparing to commemorate a devastating WWII bombing.

Episode 6

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: May 4, 2021

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Brookland's Concorde ‘Delta Golf' has a makeover, in time for a visit from Concorde royalty.

Episode 7

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: May 11, 2021

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A volunteer is tasked with waking a legendary Le Mans racer from its exhibit slumber. A decommissioned bomb proves a slippery customer, and can the experts bring to life the dormant engines of a transatlantic flyer?

Episode 8

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: May 18, 2021

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Racing driver Billy Monger gives a fellow double amputee a driving lesson and a fire engine gets pumping for the first time in years. Also, a mighty Morris 8 receives an engine overhaul and the seats in an iconic 1933 Bentley Le Mans are restored.

Episode 9

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: May 25, 2021

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An aviation obsessive recovers from a near fatal crash by testing one of his home-made planes; The legendary Railton Napier has a service; some treasure is found in the museum tower, and a hundred-year-old push bike gets a wooden wheel built.

Episode 10

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Jun 1, 2021

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A classic Cotton Jap motorbike requires more than just a push start.

A Barnes Wallis catapult is fixed by volunteers, but will they be able to bounce bombs on water like the dam busters? A Triumph car is put through its paces in a road test.

Season 2

Episode 1

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Feb 1, 2022

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An amazing pre-war race car, the Halford Special (pictured), is lined up to compete against a stunning Bugatti in a re-run of the first ever British Grand prix on the finishing straight at Brooklands, but a tune up before the race reveals problems with this turbo charged beast. The legendary Empire Star motorbike, the genesis of the BSA Gold star motorcycles, gets a thorough overhaul and the museum dust busting team clean out a flight shed that houses the Avro, Brookland's earliest plane.

Episode 2

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Feb 8, 2022

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A young racing driver learns how to handle the Napier-Railton. Plus, a race winning Harrier jet, and pilot, are reunited.

Episode 3

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Feb 15, 2022

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The motorbike team create a new lubrication system to keep a 1930s BSA motorbike running. Plus, a Mini Metro and red Corvette turn heads at the Members Classic Car Show.

Episode 4

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Feb 22, 2022

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Brooklands is known for its incredible links to aviation, including a glider ‘The Ladybird, that has sat unassembled and untested for decades.

Aviator and lover of early planes Julian Aubert prepares to restore this beautiful, slightly scary airplane and take it to the skies once more.

Episode 5

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Mar 1, 2022

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Two of the museum's most famous, and fastest vehicles – the Napier Railton race car and the Brough Superior motorcycle – go head-to-head. Also, an old airfield fire engine needs TLC to be ready for the museum's Emergency Services event. And two motorbike volunteers visit the home of motoring legend John Surtees.

Episode 6

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Mar 8, 2022

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A McLaren Senna GTR makes a dramatic entrance at the museum. A father and son team battle to get their vintage buses ready for the Brooklands bus show. A man with a vision tries to bring his great grandfather's motorcycle dreams back from the dead at the Brooklands track.

Episode 7

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Mar 15, 2022

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Volunteer Mark visits bike building maestro Allen Millyard to choose two models for Brooklands Motorcycle day. Two museum members fulfil their friend John's automobile dreams, and a WW1 Sopwith Camel biplane goes through its MOT.

Episode 8

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Mar 22, 2022

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Bus-obsessed radio DJ Ed Adoo gets the ultimate driving lesson in a double decker. Plus, a rare cutting-edge bike from the past is saved by modern engineering.

Episode 9

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Mar 29, 2022

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A Mini makeover reduces its owners to tears. A replica, 1925 cycle car, that's taken six years to build, comes a cropper at Brooklands.

Episode 10

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Apr 5, 2022

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Actor and writer (and show narrator) Sanjeev Bhaskar visits Brooklands to re- live one of the most amazing travel experiences he's ever had. 30 years ago Sanjeev won a competition to fly on this supersonic wonder that is Concorde. Ex-Concorde air stewardesses Carol Cornwall and Jeanette Hartley welcome him back on board to treat him to some of this majestic plane's best treats and most interesting insights from their days on board.

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