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First Aired: September 28th, 2016

Status: Ended

Network: BBC One

Summary: 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.

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Season 1

Episode 1: Time

Air Date: September 28th, 2016

Summary: 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?

Episode 2: Capitalism and Commerce

Air Date: October 5th, 2016

Summary: Series about Britain's railways. Liz McIvor explores how railways stimulated great changes to the nation's economy, changing how business was done.

Episode 3: The Age of Leisure

Air Date: October 12nd, 2016

Summary: Documentary series about Britain's railways. A look at how the idea of an excursion to distant places became popular from the 1840s onwards.

Episode 4: The New Commuters

Air Date: October 19th, 2016

Summary: 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.

Episode 5: Food and Shopping

Air Date: October 26th, 2016

Summary: 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.

Episode 6: A Touch of Class

Air Date: November 2nd, 2016

Summary: 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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