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.
📺 Seasons & Episodes
Season 16 episodes
1. Time
⏱ 30 minExploring 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?
2. Capitalism and Commerce
⏱ 30 minSeries about Britain's railways. Liz McIvor explores how railways stimulated great changes to the nation's economy, changing how business was done.
3. The Age of Leisure
⏱ 30 minDocumentary series about Britain's railways. A look at how the idea of an excursion to distant places became popular from the 1840s onwards.
4. The New Commuters
⏱ 30 minDocumentary series about Britain's railways. Liz McIvor examines how the railways enabled people to live further and further from the places where they worked.
5. Food and Shopping
⏱ 30 minSeries about Britain's railways. How the railways changed culinary tastes in London, as rapid transport enabled people to enjoy food from across the nation.
6. A Touch of Class
⏱ 30 minDocumentary series about Britain's railways. This edition charts how, in the 1800s, the trains gradually acted as a great catalyst in mixing the classes.
