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Show Name....... Railways of the Great War
Rating.......... N/A
Premiered....... 2014-08-03
Type............ Documentary
Genre........... War | Travel | History
Plot............ World War I was a railway war. Michael Portillo finds out how the railways helped to precipitate a mechanised war, shaped how it was fought, conveyed millions to the trenches and bore witness to its end. He takes to historic tracks to rediscover the locomotives and wagons of the war that was supposed to end all war and hears the stories of the gallant men and women who used them in life and in death
Cast............ Michael Portillo ... Presenter
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Network......... BBC Two
Country......... United Kingdom
Language........ English
Runtime......... 30 mins
Status.......... Ended
Air Date........ Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 18:30
URL............. http://www.tvmaze.com/shows/6982/railways-of-the-great-war
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Episode Name.... Railways and Railwaymen Called to Action
Season.......... 1x02
Plot............ Michael travels through Britain uncovering railway stories from the Great War. His journey begins in England's north east, where he finds out about the brave railwaymen who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Moving south to Oxfordshire, he learns how the manufacturing expertise of the railways turned a crisis into a victory. In Hampshire, Michael meets the proud son of a railwayman who, as a Royal Engineer, taught soldiers to be railwaymen and trained railwaymen to be soldiers. Finally, on the south coast he meets the big guns that turned the tide of war
Runtime......... 30 mins
Air Date........ 2014-08-05 Tuesday, 12:30
URL............. http://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/401809/railways-of-the-great-war-1x02-railways-and-railwaymen-called-to-action
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Episode Name.... Keeping the War Moving
Season.......... 1x03
Plot............ Michael travels through Britain and northern France uncovering railway stories from the Great War. He gets hands-on experience of the miniature tracks and trains that kept supplies flowing to the front line and visits North Eastern Railway Headquarters in York to find out about the Great War's forgotten railway leader. He hears the story of the Bath railway poet, and pays homage at the site of Britain's deadliest train crash in Quintinshill. Finally, Michael crosses the Channel to discover how the railways fed millions of men in the trenches from a depot in Abancourt
Runtime......... 30 mins
Air Date........ 2014-08-06 Wednesday, 12:30
URL............. http://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/401810/railways-of-the-great-war-1x03-keeping-the-war-moving
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