Season 1

1. Power and Empire: The Great Arteries

2018-11-26

One of the great advances of the 19th Century, the railways were a tool of empire. How did the Victorians use them to expand their influence?

2. The Great Workhorses: Trains That Move Loads

2018-12-03

From the Channel Tunnel to carrying iron ore in the Australian Outback, experts discuss the history and the future of freight trains.

3. Express Trains That Link Cities

2018-12-10

Intended as an efficient, economical way of moving freight, the emergence of express trains revolutionised society with the demand for fast travel.

4. The Commute: Trains That Make Cities

2018-12-17

The world's 10 busiest metro systems carry more than 22 billion passengers every year. How has the train shaped cities - and changed the world?

5. Trains and War: Weapons and Logistics

2018-12-24

As weapons and transport, trains transformed the battlefield - from huge railway guns and hospital trains to those taking victims to death camps.

6. The Love of Trains: Power, Prestige and Romance

2018-12-31

Trains have changed the way people see the world - and each other. What is it that makes them so special?