How Trains Changed the World

Railway Adventures Across Australia

June 2025 •English

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.

Minna-no Tetsudo

June 2025 •Japanese

Railway program focused on riding experience. Cameras fixed on a train show surroundings in three directions while the train is moving. On its way, an explanation for the rolling stock, train stations, and rail infrastructure is given.

The Railway: Keeping Britain On Track

June 2025 •English

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.

Great Continental Railway Journeys

June 2025 •English

Michael Portillo travels on the great train routes of Europe, as he retraces the journeys featured in George Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide.

Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys

June 2025 •English

Michael Portillo heads for the Last Frontier of the United States armed with his 1899 Appleton's Guide-Book to Alaska.

Great Canadian Railway Journeys

June 2025 •English

Michael Portillo explores Canada, armed with his Appleton's Guidebook.

Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

June 2025 •English

Restoration experts restore iconic rail carriages back to their former glory

Secrets of the Railways

June 2025 •English

These are the Secrets of the Railways, railroads constructed during turbulent periods and associated with mankind's ugliest deeds.

Manchán's Europe By Train

June 2025 •English

Manchán Magan embraces the ethos of slow travel, taking the time to get to know people and places, and experiencing local customs and traditions.

The World's Most Beautiful Railway

June 2025 •English

Scotland's rail network crosses a landscape voted the best in the world. This series follows the staff and enthusiasts safeguarding these iconic routes.

Around the World by Train With Tony Robinson

June 2025 •English

Covering thousands of miles, Sir Tony Robinson takes a whirlwind journey around the globe by train.

Tunnelbanan

June 2025 •Swedish

La passion des trains

June 2025 •French

Ottoman Empire by Train

June 2025 •English

Professor Alice Roberts takes a train ride that covers 600 years of the Ottoman Empire. Her mission is to learn about this vast empire that started with a dream in the 14th century.

Great British Railway Journeys

June 2025 •English

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.

InterCity 125: The Train That Saved Britain's Railways

June 2025 •English

Intercity 125 – Britain's own original high-speed train – rules the rails today, but this national icon is set to give way to hi-tech imports. It's time to celebrate the heroic story of a design classic that saved Britain's railways from terminal decline.

Rail Away

June 2025 •Dutch

Series about striking railways in the world. Each episode travels along a number of special locations, where the train serves as a guide and there is also attention for the landscape and culture.

Jonathan Phang's Gourmet Trains

June 2025 •English

The mere mention of the Orient Express brings to mind evocative images of opulent carriages, stylish passengers and thrilling destinations all wrapped up in the romance of train travel. Jonathan Phang, a self-confessed bon viveur with a passion for gastronomy, feels the allure of old world glamour and sets off on a gourmet journey crossing continents aboard some of the world’s most elegant trains. Along the way he stops off in extraordinary culinary destinations, such as Venice, Paris and Istanbul to explore some modern fine dining. However, it is aboard the fabulous trains that Jonathan truly tests the old adage that sometimes it can be better to travel than to arrive.

Ian Hislop's Trains That Changed the World

June 2025 •English

How four iconic British-built trains revolutionised rail travel and inspired incredible railway projects the world over.

Great Railway Adventures with Dan Cruickshank

June 2025 •English

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.