9.0/1013 votesLoading...#1 - Episode 2
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 5/29/2017
Engineers must construct and fit out a new station at Paddington, erect a 130m long great glass canopy to soar above the structure, and plug directly into Brunel's original station.
Director: Lee Reading
Writer: N/A
8.9/1011 votesLoading...#2 - Episode 1
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 5/22/2017
Linda and her team must battle fault lines that threaten the site with flooding, race to build access tunnels to alleviate pressure on a congested construction site, and piece together a giant geometric jigsaw that will form a station entrance.
Director: Lee Reading
Writer: N/A
8.8/1017 votesLoading...#3 - Urban Heart Surgery
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/16/2014
A look at London's Crossrail, which requires building 42 km of tunnels under the city
Director: Joby Lubman
Writer: N/A
8.5/1013 votesLoading...#4 - Platforms and Plague Pits
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/30/2014
The engineers building Crossrail race to build ten new train stations across London.
Director: Joby Lubman
Writer: N/A
8.4/1014 votesLoading...#5 - Tunnels Under the Thames
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/23/2014
Engineers building Crossrail battle to rebuild a Victorian tunnel under the Royal Docks.
Director: Joby Lubman
Writer: N/A
8.3/1015 votesLoading...#6 - Episode 1
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 6/12/2022
With exclusive access to Crossrail Ltd and Transport for London, this final chapter of the series follows the race to fix the railway's high-tech software and systems to launch the new Elizabeth Line in time for the Queen's platinum jubilee.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/107 votesLoading...#7 - Episode 1
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 2/13/2019
The first part of an exclusive series following the construction of Crossrail - one of Europe’s largest projects and one of the most ambitious in Britain since the time of Brunel.
Director: Lee Reading
Writer: N/A
7.5/1012 votesLoading...#8 - Episode 2
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 6/19/2022
We follow 83-year-old site manager Jim Forrest - one of the oldest engineers on the project. He joined the Whitechapel Station build in 2009 and has seen it from tunnel boring and concrete pouring to constructing the station steel works.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#9 - Episode 2
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 2/20/2019
Final part of an exclusive series following the construction of Crossrail - one of Europe’s largest projects and one of the most ambitious in Britain since the time of Brunel.
Director: Lee Reading
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway
Every episode of The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway!
Follow a team of more than 10,000 engineers and construction workers as they race to build a brand new railway under London - Crossrail -...
Genres:DocumentaryReality
Network:BBC Two
Best Episodes Summary
"Episode 2" is the best rated episode of "The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway". It scored 9/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by Lee Reading and written by N/A, it aired on 5/29/2017. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 1".