The Big Steam Adventure

Actor Peter Davison, presenter John Sergeant and steam buff Paul Middleton join forces, as they attempt to travel from London to Scotland using only the power of steam.

The trio travel from Peterborough aboard the 92 Squadron steam train, then visit the original Thomas the Tank Engine in Wandsford and take a steam barge up the Grand Union Canal.

Just outside York the intrepid trio of Peter Davison, John Sergeant and Paul 'Piglet' Middleton travel down the river Ouse aboard a 21-foot steam launch. Disembarking at Ripon, their next vehicle awaits: a 1908 Stanley steam car - one of the biggest steam cars ever built. John drives - but quickly gets lost down a back street. At Levisham they pick up a huge 3,500 horsepower engine called the 9F that races them towards Grosmont, near Whitby. Peter gets to drive while John gets stuck shovelling coal.

John, Peter and Piglet are on the last leg of their journey: from Whitby to the Scottish border.