The World About Us

The 150th anniversary of global rail transportation is marked by a visit to India to survey one of the world's most impressive railway networks. For rail enthusiasts India's railway system, which has continued to utilize steam locomotives, represents one of the most spectacular systems the world has to offer. The World About Us team join forces with Michael Satow, who in 1970 took up the post of honorary adviser to the Rail Transport Museum in New Delhi, Asia's first railway museum. As they set out to explore the Indian subcontinent in search of railway memorabilia, ranging from minute objects to full scale steam locomotives, the spectacular beauty of India's railway system is revealed in all its glory.

Follows the progress of Jane Goodall and Hugo Van Lawick as they return to the shores of Lake Tanganyika to study the social structure of the so-called 'beach troop' of baboons living there.