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Dan Snow traces the development of Britain's railways from the late 19th century to the outbreak of World War II. During this time the railways changed the economy profoundly.

Over just 50 years, Britain's railways grew from a handful of small lines carrying coal to the biggest industry in the strongest nation on the planet. A nation had built the railways and now those railways would build a nation, influencing working conditions for its employees, proving a valuable export across the globe and even changing warfare.

Yet the story of railways up until the beginning of the Second World War concerned who they really belonged to - the private rail companies who were obsessed with profit, the public who rode them, or the government, who needed them at times of crisis but was reluctant to regulate.

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Thu 22 Dec 2022 02:30
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:00

    UNKLE

    Trouble in Paradise, variation on a theme

  • 00:19

    Philip Glass

    String Quartet no 2 "Company", last movement

  • 00:33

    Four Tet

    Circling

  • 00:45

    Kronos Quartet

    String Quartet No 5

  • 00:50

    Aphex Twin

    Schottkey 7th Path

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Presenter Dan Snow
Producer David Vincent
Director David Vincent
Executive Producer Eamon Hardy
Series Producer Melanie Archer

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Related Links

  • (www.sciencemuseum.org.uk)
  • (www.croxteth.co.uk)
  • (www.bluebell-railway.co.uk)
  • (www.somerleyton.co.uk)
  • (www.nnrailway.co.uk)
  • (www.bitternline.com)