Railways: The Making of a Nation (2016)
Historian Liz McIvor explores how Britain's expanding rail network was the spark to a social revolution, starting in the 1800s and continuing through to modern times.
Railways: The Making of a Nation: Season 1 - 6 Episode s
1x1 - Time
September 28, 2016
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?
1x2 - Capitalism and Commerce
October 5, 2016
Series about Britain's railways. Liz McIvor explores how railways stimulated great changes to the nation's economy, changing how business was done.
1x3 - The Age of Leisure
October 12, 2016
Documentary series about Britain's railways. A look at how the idea of an excursion to distant places became popular from the 1840s onwards.
1x4 - The New Commuters
October 19, 2016
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.
1x5 - Food and Shopping
October 26, 2016
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.
1x6 - A Touch of Class
November 2, 2016
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.
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