Great Railway Adventures with Dan Cruickshank

Overview

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.

Network

• 5

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Dan Cruickshank

  Self - Presenter

  3 eps

Themes

• train
• railroad

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