Great Railway Adventures with Dan Cruickshank
20101 Season60m episodes
Documentary
- Runtime
- 60m episodes
- Genre
- Documentary
- Certificate
- NR
- Origin
- GB
About
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.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet.
Details
- Status
- Ended
- First aired
- Aug 10, 2010
- Network
- 5
Time to finish
3 hrs
3 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.
Cast
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