Maps of Britain

Series 1

6 episodes · Mar 8, 2024

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  • The Motorway Map of Britain
    S1E1

    The Motorway Map of Britain

    Mar 8, 202445m

    A surprisingly bumpy ride through our love-hate relationship with motorways. The godmother of the road sign discusses her iconic designs. Plus, our favourite and most hated service stations.

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  • The Canal Map of Britain
    S1E2

    The Canal Map of Britain

    Mar 15, 202445m

    A look at Britain's beloved canal network via a fact-filled cruise along the first superhighways of the Industrial Revolution. In the age before mechanisation, a frenzy of canal-building saw a new army of workers carve out the British landscape, digging out hundreds of miles of waterways using picks, shovels and muscle.

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  • The Railway Map of Britain
    S1E3

    The Railway Map of Britain

    Mar 22, 202445m

    Charting the high and lows of Britain's railway - the invention created at the dawn of the 19th century that would change Britain and the world forever - from the Industrial Revolution to HS2.

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  • The Sewer Map of Britain
    S1E4

    The Sewer Map of Britain

    Mar 29, 202445m

    Investigating the hidden secrets of the sewers, from London's current Tideway Tunnel, to the Romans' solution almost 2,000 years ago.

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  • The Underground Map of Britain
    S1E5

    The Underground Map of Britain

    Apr 5, 202445m

    A fact-fuelled ride through London's tube network, mapping out the history of the world's first - and most iconic - underground railway system. Viewers discover how this 160-year-old marvel of engineering manages to carry 1.3 billion passengers a year.

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  • The Coastal Map of Britain
    S1E6

    The Coastal Map of Britain

    Apr 12, 202445m

    The rise and fall of the UK's greatest ports, from the first international traders arriving on the coasts of Devon and Cornwall, through the arrival of the Romans, Elizabeth I's extension of British territory, and the huge impact of the tea trade and the Industrial Revolution

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