The Architecture the Railways Built

Series 1

10 episodes · Apr 28, 2020

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  • S1E1

    Down Street

    Apr 28, 2020

    Tim Dunn explores disused tube station Down Street in Mayfair that played a crucial tactical role during WWII and tours Rotterdam's new centraal station with the man who designed it.

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  • S1E2

    Ffestiniog

    May 5, 2020

    Tim Dunn visits the Ffestiniog in Wales originally built to transport slate from mountain to coast and learns about Amsterdam Centraal - controversially built across the waterfront.

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  • S1E3

    King's Cross

    May 12, 2020

    Tim's behind the scenes at London's King's Cross and learns of Bristol's funicular railway.

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  • S1E4

    Ribblehead

    May 19, 2020

    Tim Dunn visits the Ribblehead Viaduct in the Yorkshire Dales, talks to the man who saved it from closure and tours the breathtaking stations of the Hungerbergbahn in Innsbruck.

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  • S1E5

    Metroland

    May 26, 2020

    Tim Dunn follows his family's roots by exploring Metroland, the area around the Metropolitan Railway, and in Great Malvern learns about the woman behind the decorative 1860s station.

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  • S1E6

    St Pancras

    Jun 2, 2020

    Tim Dunn explores the ornate St Pancras station in London and its sister hotel - built to show off the might of the Midlands, and learns about Castle Howard station in North Yorkshire.

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  • S1E7

    Snowdon

    Jun 9, 2020

    Tim Dunn rides up Mt Snowdon's railway to visit the summit station, and discovers how a glass structure envelopes Strasbourg's 19th century station.

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  • S1E8

    Broadway

    Jun 16, 2020

    Tim Dunn visits the former HQ of London Underground, 55 Broadway, which was the capital's first skyscraper, and sees the timber-framed Barmouth Bridge in north Wales.

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  • S1E9

    Stockton & Darlington

    Jun 23, 2020

    Tim Dunn visits the architecture of the Stockton & Darlington railway, the first passenger steam line in the world and learns how Essex's enormous Chappel Viaduct was built.

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  • S1E10

    Swindon

    Jun 30, 2020

    Tim Dunn visits Swindon's railway village, which became home to Great Western's enormous works and he also explores the dark and secret past of Milan's monumental station.

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