Dan Snow examines the development of the railways from their beginnings as track-ways for coal carts in the early 18th century to the pivotal technology for modern Britain.
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Series telling the story of the architects, engineers and spin doctors who entered a frantic two year race to make the Royal Opening of St Pancras on time.
Railway adventures across Australia follows the exploits of Scott McGregor on his quest to find the famous, unusual and unique trains and stories at the end of the line.
Documentary series revealing the inner workings of Britain's railways, introducing the track-workers, train guards, drivers, police officers and management teams determined to keep the country moving.
Michael Portillo travels on the great train routes of Europe, as he retraces the journeys featured in George Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide.
Scotland's rail network crosses a landscape voted the best in the world. This series follows the staff and enthusiasts safeguarding these iconic routes.
This series looks at the iconic trains that have done the most to change history. Each train is an engineering marvel, each one a leap forward in the history of trains and railways. But more than this, these are the trains that made the modern world. These are the trains that unify nations and open up continents, that miraculously shrink distance and create a global economy, changing how we trade, what we buy and make and sell. They change how we live and even how we think, speeding up our lives and expanding our horizons. These are the machines that made us modern. Each episode features one iconic train and describes its impact on railway history and on history in general, combining archive and expert testimony with actuality and hands-on engineering demonstrations.
The invention of trains transformed everything about how humans lived. From the movement of goods and population, the design of cities, to conquest and warfare, there are few aspects of civilization that were left untouched by these machines.
Covering thousands of miles, Sir Tony Robinson takes a whirlwind journey around the globe by train.
Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what of Bradshaw's Britain remains.
Climb up on the footplate and join historian and host Dan Cruickshank for a railway adventure like no other as he investigates how trains helped shape modern Britain. This three-part series resurrects an exhilarating age and kicks off by focusing on the railways' role in defeating Hitler, before unearthing the incredible engineering achievements of Isambard Brunel and embarking on a trip on the earliest steam engines.
Michael Portillo is in Southeast Asia, armed with his 1913 Bradshaw's Handbook. It will lead him on a spectacular 2,500-mile railway adventure across six countries. He explores towering megacities and magnificent mosques.
The railway age in the Austrian Empire began with the construction of the horse-drawn railway from Linz to Budweis. Plans soon followed to connect the imperial capital of Vienna with the iron and coal deposits in northern Moravia and with the port city of Trieste. In 1837 the Kaiser Ferdinands Nordbahn was opened, in 1857 the Semmeringbahn planned by Karl Ritter von Ghega, overcoming one of the most difficult obstacles on the way to the Adriatic. The crossing of the Alps by train, such as over the Arlberg or the Brenner, is still considered a unique engineering masterpiece. The expansion of the railway network brought epochal changes. Goods and people circulated on an unprecedented scale – life accelerated. It had succeeded in connecting the northern crown lands such as Silesia or Bohemia and Moravia with Carinthia, Tyrol or the coastal region.
Michael Portillo examines the role of the railways in World War I and travels through Britain and Europe uncovering stories from the Great War.
A enjoyable low budget variety program about female railroad enthusiasts ("tetsu ota"). The girls who just love trains, travel around the country by themselves. Real railroad trips where nothing may happen. Watch out for the unique ways that women who love trains can enjoy trains!
Griff Rhys Jones explores Africa the unhurried way, as he takes to the continent’s railways to immerse himself in the joy and sometimes the frustration of travelling through a beautiful and beguiling continent, using the most romantic method of transportation. Travelling a total of 7000 miles over five journeys, he explores fascinating landscapes, encounters unforgettable wildlife and meets extraordinary people. Stunning aerial photography combines with observational travelogue to produce a fresh portrait of Africa through Griff’s experiences on and off the train. On each epic trip across five episodes, he discovers how the railway reveals a great deal about the places he travels through. Griff uses the train to get to unexpected places in deserts and forests, villages and cities, learning stories of their past and finding out how they are used today. Griff travels th
British comedian and travel enthusiast Griff Rhys Jones hops on some of Australia's most impressive long distance trains, travelling across the expansive outback and along spectacular coastlines.
A major political, historical, human and economic fact of the 20th century, the Gulag, the extremely punitive Soviet concentration camp system, remains largely unknown.
Criss-cross Japan by rail. Enjoy an amazing diversity of nature and scenery across the four seasons, exploring both well-known and hidden Japan.
Kee, the tsundere girl, and Peem, the mischievous rich girl, become best friends… but no one knows that, deep down, they’ve secretly been in love with each other since high school. From handmade pork floss lunches, and symbolic gear necklaces, to an unexpected first kiss — their relationship makes hearts race in every episode. But love is never that simple, especially when fate plays a cruel trick and separates them for seven years… only for them to meet again, now as boss and employee, with old and new obstacles waiting to test their hearts once more.
Summer 1998. Palavas-les-Flots. While the World Cup is in full swing, Sandrine Laplace, a bumbling contract worker who thinks she's a CIA agent, decides to investigate a mysterious accident that happened on the ghost train at the local fair. Incompetent but reckless, Sandrine infiltrates a brutal world - made up of clan wars, cotton candy and bumper cars - and will have to form an alliance with Carmen and Yvane, two showmen who are completely opposite. What if there was a murderer in the carnival?
Yihwa lives fine without love—until Cho walks in and flips her world upside down, one misunderstanding at a time.
Anyamanee is a beautiful girl brought up in a family that only honours men, which makes her proud of what she has cause she got it with so much difficulty. She meets Kueakhun, a man who warms both body and heart and is ready to give a warm light to a woman who is like a diamond in his heart, but love life isn't that easy. When two families' business problems get involved, including the death of Anyamanee's brother, Kueakhun becomes her first suspect because of his past relationship with her sister-in-law, which ended a long time ago has come back again.
Rasa is an interior designer at an interior design company in Bangkok. Her boss Petiya receives an assignment from Pakaphong, a well known rich playboy. The assignment is assigned to Rasa, she meets Pakaphong and realises she's met him before.
Chanon is a responsible, enthusiastic and hardworking young man. He is at his milestone of life, facing a career promotion and becoming the head of a factory. However, Atibed is jealous of his career growth and is determined to get back what he deserves. One day, Chanon meets Antika and their relationship is blessed by her father. Threatened by Chanon’s success, Atibed frames him and he is sent to prison. When Chanon is released, everything has changed except the love between him and Antika. With all these difficulties and obstacles, what will be their destiny?
14-year-old kid Enrique sees himself as an adult, and who has a passion for the latest technology.
In a spinoff of the successful series Just Add Magic, we follow the magic cookbook to Bay City as it moves to three new protectors: step-siblings Zoe and Leo, and their downstairs neighbor Ish. Each of the three brings a unique skill to the table, as the cookbook unlocks a centuries-old mystery that takes them on an historical adventure through the city streets in a race to find a secret recipe.
Han Seung-hee is a successful painter and a happy single mother to her son, Geu-roo. But when she gets diagnosed with a terminal illness, Seung-hee becomes determined that Geu-roo will be adopted by a nice family after she's gone. So she seeks out her ex-boyfriend Moon Tae-joo, and ends up befriending Tae-joo's wife, Seo Ji-eun. Meanwhile, a much younger photographer Gu Ji-sub falls for Seung-hee.
Three schoolgirl murders. Two killers hiding in plain sight. Six video tapes that horrify the world and lead to one of the most controversial murder trials in modern history: one that left a nation shamed, victims denied justice, and a serial killer roaming free in Canada today. Over the course four parts, THE KEN AND BARBIE KILLERS: THE LOST MURDER TAPES follows the extraordinary twists and turns of the case and trial of glamour couple Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, the "demonic duo of dark kink", who quickly became the most notorious killers in Canadian history.
Fate led Bell, an unfortunate young woman, into prison, where she had to struggle for survival alone, without hope. That was until Claire, a mysterious female inmate, appeared to help her. And from that moment on... the encounter between these two souls began to fill this dark and desolate place with a small glimmer of light—one that gradually grew into love.
Tōko Kisaragi is a detective in the Investigation 1 Section 11 of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Her senior, Detective Hideaki Takano, has decided to move to the Public Security Bureau. Hideaki Takano's transfer will be carried out in one week. During this time, a murder takes place. A wealthy man is found dead in his home. His throat has been cut and a blue flower placed within the wound. Also, the victim's wife, Mayumi, is missing. A newspaper then receives an email from Kurasuta 16, professing themselves as the murderer. The email also implies the location of Mayumi. Since Detective Hideaki Takano is soon to transfer to the Public Security Bureau, Tōko Kisaragi feels more pressure and responsibility to solve the crime.
This 16 episode Tv soap opera is set in occupied Paris during WWII, with two top agents playing against each other.
This series takes viewers inside the world of true crime investigation through high-profile criminal cases of the past century that were ultimately solved by advances in forensic science or technology.
A Bunch of Fives is an English children’s television show broadcast in the 1970s on ITV. A precursor of Grange Hill, it starred Lesley Manville and Jamie Foreman as Fifth formers who start a school newspaper. The show spawned one paperback tie-in.