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Railways: The Making of a Nation
Season 1 • Episode 3 • The Age of Leisure
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Railways: The Making of a Nation Season 1, Episode 3: The Age of Leisure
Documentary series about Britain's railways. A look at how the idea of an excursion to distant places became popular from the 1840s onwards. Watch Railways: The Making of a Nation Season 1, Episode 3 The Age of Leisure in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of Railways: The Making of a Nation Season 1, Episode 3 and share your thoughts in the comments below!
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Episodes
6 episodes
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Exploring how Britain's expanding rail network sparked a social revolution. How do you organise a network in a country of separate time zones and no recognised timetables?
30 min
Capitalism and Commerce
Series about Britain's railways. Liz McIvor explores how railways stimulated great changes to the nation's economy, changing how business was done.
30 min
The Age of Leisure
Documentary series about Britain's railways. A look at how the idea of an excursion to distant places became popular from the 1840s onwards.
30 min
The New Commuters
Documentary series about Britain's railways. Liz McIvor examines how the railways enabled people to live further and further from the places where they worked.
30 min
Food and Shopping
Series about Britain's railways. How the railways changed culinary tastes in London, as rapid transport enabled people to enjoy food from across the nation.
30 min
A Touch of Class
Documentary series about Britain's railways. This edition charts how, in the 1800s, the trains gradually acted as a great catalyst in mixing the classes.
30 min