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The Architecture the Railways Built

  • 4 Series
  • 40 Episodes
  • Category: Engineering
  • High Definition available
  • Subtitles available

Railway expert Tim Dunn visits stations, viaducts, signal boxes, tunnels, pedestrian passages and workshops among other stunning structures that owe their existence to the railway.

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All episodes for series 3 of The Architecture the Railways Built

  • S3 E1 · Newcastle

    Tim Dunn takes to the tracks in Newcastle to explore a city rich in railway architecture.

  • S3 E2 · Wharncliffe

    Tim Dunn explores Brunel's first and last railway projects.

  • S3 E3 · Charing Cross

    Tim Dunn uncovers the secrets above, below and inside London's Charing Cross Station.

  • S3 E4 · Bramhope Tunnel

    Tim Dunn heads underground at the magnificent Victorian Bramhope Tunnel in West Yorkshire.

  • S3 E5 · Saltburn

    Tim Dunn visits the popular Victorian holiday resort Saltburn-by-the-Sea.

  • S3 E6 · Bishopstone

    Bishopstone was designed to defend the nation from German attack in World War Two.

  • S3 E7 · Greenwich

    Tim Dunn explores London's first passenger railway - the London and Greenwich Railway.

  • S3 E8 · North Staffordshire

    Tim Dunn takes a trip through the history of the North Staffordshire Railway Company.

  • S3 E9 · Ramsgate

    Tim Dunn finds out how the railways changed the fortunes of Margate and Ramsgate.

  • S3 E10 · Curzon Street

    Tim Dunn visits the historic Grade 1 Curzon Street Station.

  • Guy Martin's World War 1 Tank

    Description: Guy builds a working replica of a WWI tank and drives it at a Remembrance Day parade.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 1 episode available.

  • Guy Martin's Lancaster Bomber

    Description: The history enthusiast honours Lancaster bomber crews of the Second World War.; Category: Military & War; 1 episode available.

  • Guy Martin's Spitfire

    Description: Guy joins the two-year restoration of a Spitfire that was buried in a French beach.; Category: Engineering; 1 episode available.

  • David Jason's Secret Service

    Description: David Jason offers insights into modern British spy history.; Category: History; 3 episodes available.

  • David Jason: Planes, Trains and Automobiles

    Description: The actor discovers the machines that made America and changed the world.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 5 episodes available.

  • Operation Gold Rush

    Description: Dan Snow leads a team of adventurers on an epic journey across the Canadian wilderness.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 3 episodes available.

  • Guy Martin's Last of the Vulcans

    Description: Guy joins a select crew of engineers working on the last functioning Vulcan bomber.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 1 episode available.

  • Guy Martin's D-Day Landing

    Description: Guy parachutes into Normandy to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day.; Category: Military & War; 1 episode available.

  • Smoke & Steel

    Description: Examining the Industrial revolution - the age of smoke and steel.; Category: Engineering; 6 episodes available.

  • Hornby: A Model World

    Description: Hornby reveal how their dedicated team strive to shrink a new generation of machines.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 20 episodes available.

  • Secrets of the London Underground

    Description: Tim Dunn and Siddy Holloway explore the disused parts of London's tube network.; Category: Engineering; 36 episodes available.

  • Operation Grand Canyon with Dan Snow

    Description: Dan Snow is taking on a massive historical challenge, to run the Grand Canyon.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 2 episodes available.