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.
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Season 1
2016
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01. Time
2016-09-28
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?
02. Capitalism and Commerce
2016-10-05
Series about Britain's railways. Liz McIvor explores how railways stimulated great changes to the nation's economy, changing how business was done.
03. The Age of Leisure
2016-10-12
Documentary series about Britain's railways. A look at how the idea of an excursion to distant places became popular from the 1840s onwards.
04. The New Commuters
2016-10-19
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.
05. Food and Shopping
2016-10-26
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.
06. A Touch of Class
2016-11-02
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.
