Britain's Railways Then & Now: British Railways

First transmitted in 1979, this programme looks at the Rainhill Locomotive Trials in Rainhill, Lancashire (now Merseyside) in 1829, a competition to...

This fascinating program visits the LMS, the largest railway company in the British Isles that served the heartlands of industry of the Midlands, the...

This superb programme looks at the GWR God s Wonderful Railway as it was in the 1950s and 1960s and more recently. Archive scenes capture the true...

In this travelogue, actor David Suchet journeys across Europe aboard the world famous Orient Express train, as he prepares to play Poirot in an...

Follows a group of navvies as they work on completing the last great railway through the Swedish wilderness.

Documentary released to coincide with the British Museum's exhibition dedicated to the man who ruled the Roman Empire from 117 to 138 AD. The...

The birth of the radical environmental movement is captured in this short, poetic film on the legendary direct action at Glen Canyon Dam in March of...

Explores the evolution of patriarchy as one effective way of organizing mass societies, from evidence in ancient Egyptian villages along the Nile.

Three pairs of single mother - daughter relationships share their bittersweet journeys, exposing the complexity of womanhood, immigration and giving...

Discover the awe-inspiring story of the Al Aqsa Compound in Jerusalem, set against the back drop of the holiest night in the Islamic calendar. Al...

That special takes back to a time in San Francisco when Lesbians were creating their own separate restaurants, bookstores, bars and unique places...