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Series 1
Series 1 - Episode 1
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 its designer.
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Series 1 - Episode 2
Tim Dunn visits the Ffestiniog in Wales originally built to transport slate from mountain to coast and learns about Amsterdam Centraal.
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Series 1 - Episode 3
Tim Dunn goes behind the scenes at London's Kings Cross station and finds out about the disused funicular railway hidden in the Avon Gorge in Bristol.
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Series 1 - Episode 4
Tim Dunn visits the Ribblehead Viaduct in the Yorkshire Dales and tours the breath-taking stations of the Hungerbergbahn in Innsbruck.
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Series 1 - Episode 5
Tim Dunn explores Metroland, the area around the Metropolitan Railway, and in Great Malvern learns about the woman behind the decorative 1860s station.
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Series 1 - Episode 6
Tim Dunn explores 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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Seriees 1 - Episode 7
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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Series 1 - Episode 8
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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Series 1 - Episode 9
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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Series 1 - Episode 10
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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Series 2
Wemyss BaySeries 2 - Episode 1
Tim Dunn visits Wemyss Bay Station in Inverclyde - an architectural gem. He also explores the engineering marvel that is Blackfriars station in central London.
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Royal Albert BridgeSeries 2 - Episode 2
Tim Dunn visits the Royal Albert Bridge and discovers how it was constructed. He also visits Wolverhampton to learn the history of its train stations.
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WindsorSeries 2 - Episode 3
Tim Dunn is in Windsor to learn how two rail companies fought to be first to get to Queen Victoria. He also explores the Connel Bridge in the Scottish Highlands.
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Piccadilly LineSeries 2 - Episode 4
Tim Dunn is in London exploring the striking stations of the Piccadilly Line's northern extension. Tim also takes a look at Causey Arch in County Durham.
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LyntonSeries 2 - Episode 5
Tim Dunn rides on a funicular railway powered by water. Also, how an abandoned Victorian railway tunnel in Northamptonshire is being transformed into a racetrack.
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Barrow HillSeries 2 - Episode 6
Tim explores the last working roundhouse in the UK, Barrow Hill in Derbyshire. Tim also visits Bath, a city renowned for its Georgian architecture.
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SheffieldSeries 2 - Episode 7
Tim visits Sheffield station which been reinvented for the 21st century. He also helps to restore the Bennerley Viaduct in the Erewash valley.
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BristolSeries 2 - Episode 8
Tim Dunn goes behind the scenes at Bristol Temple Meads, a Grade 1 listed station, and is given special access to Brunel's old Tudor station and boardroom.
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HuddersfieldSeries 2 - Episode 9
Tim Dunn explores Huddersfield's Grade I listed station and examines the station's clock, and visits Cologne's magnificent Hohenzollern Bridge in Germany.
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WingfieldSeries 2 - Episode 10
Tim Dunn explores Wingfield, one of the oldest surviving railways and uncovers the longest brick viaduct in the UK, the Welland Viaduct in Northamptonshire.
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Series 3
NewcastleSeries 3 - Episode 1
Tim Dunn takes to the tracks in Newcastle to explore a city rich in railway architecture. He also looks at two recording breaking structures in Scotland.
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WharncliffeSeries 3 - Episode 2
Tim Dunn explores Brunel's first and last railway projects and looks at a Scottish station with a royal connection.
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Charing CrossSeries 3 - Episode 3
Tim Dunn uncovers the secrets above, below and inside London's Charing Cross Station. He also looks at the modern wonder of the Ordsall Chord in Manchester.
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Bramhope TunnelSeries 3 - Episode 4
Tim Dunn heads underground at the magnificent Victorian Bramhope Tunnel in West Yorkshire, one of the longest tunnels in Britain when it was built.
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SaltburnSeries 3 - Episode 5
Tim Dunn visits the popular Victorian holiday resort Saltburn-by-the-Sea, exploring the North Yorkshire town that owes its very existence to the railways.
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BishopstoneSeries 3 - Episode 6
Tim Dunn heads to Bishopstone in Sussex, a seaside station with a difference - it's also a fortress designed to defend the nation from German attack in WWII.
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GreenwichSeries 3 - Episode 7
Tim Dunn explores London's first passenger railway - the London and Greenwich Railway, on the longest railway viaduct in Britain today.
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North StaffordshireSeries 3 - Episode 8
Tim Dunn takes a trip through the history of the North Staffordshire Railway Company, admiring the beautiful Stoke Station.
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RamsgateSeries 3 - Episode 9
Today Tim Dunn heads to the seaside to find out how the railways changed the fortunes of Margate and Ramsgate.
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Curzon StreetSeries 3 - Episode 10
Tim Dunn visits the historic Grade 1 Curzon Street Station, to be reborn as part of the terminus for HS2, the rail link between London and Birmingham.
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Series 4
Forth BridgeSeries 4 - Episode 1
New. Tim heads north of the border to scale a Scottish railway icon - the Forth Bridge, without doubt one of the engineering wonders of the world.
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ManchesterSeries 4 - Episode 2
Tim Dunn discovers how railway architecture has been repurposed. He starts with Manchester's Castlefield area, where viaducts still dominate the cityscape.
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Channel TunnelSeries 4 - Episode 3
Tim explores the Channel Tunnel, stopping off at Ashford International to take in this underappreciated piece of 90s railway architecture.
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London BridgeSeries 4 - Episode 4
Tim Dunn gets to grips with his local station - London Bridge, meeting the architects who turned this station into a bright, airy and tranquil modern terminus.
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CoventrySeries 4 - Episode 5
Tim Dunn has the rare privilege of seeing a striking post war Coventry station, through the eyes of its architect, 96 year-old Derrick Shorten.
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EdinburghSeries 4 - Episode 6
Tim Dunn explores railway ingenuity at Goole swing bridge in Yorkshire and takes in Edinburgh Waverley from roof to underground vaults.
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LincolnSeries 4 - Episode 7
Tim Dunn discovers how two competing Victorian railway companies shaped the city of Lincoln.
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South DevonSeries 4 - Episode 8
Tim Dunn revisits his childhood holiday haunts in South Devon, following the route of Brunel's experimental atmospheric railway.
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LeedsSeries 4 - Episode 9
Tim Dunn explores the birthplace of British locomotive manufacturing - Leeds, starting at the Round Foundry.
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HullSeries 4 - Episode 10
Tim Dunn explores beautiful Hull Paragon station and finds out how Royal Leamington Spa got a wonderful art deco station.
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