Britain's Railways Then & Now: British Railways

When the first railroads were built some two hundred years ago, they brought about a revolutionary change for mankind, linking cities and...

Tracing the heritage of Indian railways, this documentary explores the evolution of train travel and its lasting impact on people, culture, memory...

In this travelogue, actor David Suchet journeys across Europe aboard the world famous Orient Express train, as he prepares to play Poirot in an...

Following a winding 96 km route, the Vouga line emerged in 1908 with the promise of boosting the region's economic development. 100 years later, the...

First transmitted in 1979, this programme looks at the Rainhill Locomotive Trials in Rainhill, Lancashire (now Merseyside) in 1829, a competition to...

The History of American Railroads: The Years of Steam traces the rise and decline of American steam railroading, following classic steam trains from...

This fascinating program visits the LMS, the largest railway company in the British Isles that served the heartlands of industry of the Midlands, the...

This superb programme looks at the GWR God s Wonderful Railway as it was in the 1950s and 1960s and more recently. Archive scenes capture the true...

Follows a group of navvies as they work on completing the last great railway through the Swedish wilderness.

Like a visual elegy, My Memory Is Full of Ghosts explores a reality caught between past, present and future in Homs, Syria. Behind the self-portrait...

Third short documentary made from archival footage that explores the great war, how it started and ended