The Architecture the Railways Built

  • Premiered: Apr 2020
  • Episodes: 40
  • Followers: 3
  • Running
  • U&Yesterday
  • Tuesday at 20
  • Documentary

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Season 1
1x1
Down Street
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 28, 2020
Tim Dunn explores disused tube station Down Street in Mayfair that played a crucial tactical role during WWII and tours Rotterdam's new central station with the man who designed it.
1x2
Ffestiniog
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Air date
May 05, 2020
Tim Dunn visits the Ffestiniog in Wales originally built to transport slate from mountain to coast and learns about Amsterdam Central - controversially built across the waterfront.
1x3
King's Cross
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Air date
May 12, 2020
Tim Dunn goes behind the scenes at London's King's Cross station and finds out about the disused funicular railway hidden in the Avon Gorge in Bristol, blasted out of the cliff.
1x4
Ribblehead
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Air date
May 19, 2020
Tim Dunn visits the magnificent Ribblehead Viaduct and explores the stations and structures along the Settle to Carlisle line. He also enjoys the art deco splendour of Surbiton and the .. show full overview
1x5
Metroland
Episode overview
Air date
May 26, 2020
Tim Dunn follows his family roots by exploring the architecture in Metroland to the north west of London. He also sees the ornate Great Malvern station and its secret “Worm” passage and he experiences the extraordinary Glacier Express in Switzerland.
1x6
St Pancras
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Air date
Jun 02, 2020
Tim Dunn explores the ornate St Pancras station in London and its sister hotel – built to show off the might of the Midlands. He also learns about the station built for Castle Howard and a new Swiss funicular that keeps a mountain village connected.
1x7
Snowdon
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Air date
Jun 09, 2020
Tim Dunn rides up Snowdon’s railway in Wales to visit the summit station, built to withstand extreme weather. He explores the world’s largest mechanically operated signal box at .. show full overview
1x8
Broadway
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Jun 16, 2020
Tim Dunn looks inside the former HQ of London Underground, 55 Broadway, which was the capital’s first skyscraper. He visits the rural Norfolk station that used to serve the monarch’s .. show full overview
1x9
Stockton Darlington
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Air date
Jun 23, 2020
Tim Dunn visits the architecture of the Stockton & Darlington railway, the first passenger steam line in the world. He also finds out how Essex’s enormous Chappel Viaduct was built and explores the beautiful stations of Stockholm’s metro system.
1x10 Season finale
Swindon
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 30, 2020
Tim Dunn visits Swindon’s railway village, which became home to Great Western’s enormous works. He also looks at the 1990s station buildings on London’s Jubilee Line extension; and he explores the dark and secret past of Milan’s monumental station.

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