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Station:
SBS (AU)
Status:
Ended
Start:
2020-10-10
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Michael Portillo explores how politics, domestic and international, have shaped the railways.
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S1E8 - Railways and the Industrial Revolution
Michael returns to the cradle of the Railways, Rainhill, a little town not far from Liverpool in the northwest of England, where in 1829 a competition was held to discover the most improved locomotive engine for the railway.
Air Date: 05 Dec 2020 03:30 (CDT)
S1E9 - Railways, Law and Order
Michael looks back at notorious crimes on the railways during the times of his Bradshaw's and Appleton's Guides and delves into the history of skulduggery by the owners of North American railroads.
Air Date: 12 Dec 2020 03:30 (CDT)
S1E10 - Railways and Royalty
Michael reflects on 180 years of royal fascination with the railways. He recalls King George V and Queen Mary's Royal Train Tour in 1913 to the calm the militant north of England.
Air Date: 19 Dec 2020 03:30 (CDT)