Full Steam Ahead
Season 1 Episode 6 of 6
The team discover how the combination of increased leisure time and affordable rail transport brought a new kind of freedom for working-class Victorians. Ruth Goodman travels along the south Devon coast from Paignton to Kingswear, where she helps prepare a paddle steamer for a journey up the River Dart, while at Swanage, Peter Ginn finds out what it was like to work on the excursion trains and the impact mass tourism had on the area
Full Steam Ahead airs on PBS America at 9:10 AM, Monday 13 January. (Subtitles.)
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Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
History
Ruth Goodman
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Alex Langlands
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Peter Ginn
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