All Episodes of Railways: The Making of a Nation

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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...

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Network:BBC One

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Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2016
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?
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Capitalism and Commerce
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2016
Series about Britain's railways. Liz McIvor explores how railways stimulated great changes to the nation's economy, changing how business was done.
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The Age of Leisure
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2016
Documentary series about Britain's railways. A look at how the idea of an excursion to distant places became popular from the 1840s onwards.
Director: George Henton
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The New Commuters
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/2016
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.
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Food and Shopping
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/2016
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.
Director: George Henton
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A Touch of Class
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/2016
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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