Ian Hislop's Trains That Changed the World

4:00 AM to 4:50 AM
Thursday 28 November
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Metal Monsters

Season 1 Episode 4 of 4

Cameras explore the Great Western Railway to experience a journey of a bygone age. The magnificent Pullman service continues to offer passengers a Silver service restaurant menu as it whisks passengers to coastal resorts that were established in the Victorian era. Queen Victoria was a driving force behind the mass appeal of rail travel that developed in the 19th century. There's a look around Victoria's royal train, which has been preserved in all its finery

Ian Hislop's Trains That Changed the World airs on Channel 5 +1 at 4:00 AM, Thursday 28 November. (Subtitles, repeat.)
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Sian Jones
Series Producer
Charlie Clayton
Producer