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Timeshift

Series 14

Episode 5: The Nation's Railway: The Golden Age of British Rail

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Using the British Transport Films archive, Timeshift revisits Britain's railways during the era of public ownership in a corrective to the myth of the bad old days of rail. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Rebecca Front
Series Producer:
William Naylor
Director:
David Leach
Producer:
David Leach

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Lucy investigates how the Romanov family's grip on Russia unravelled in their final century, with the years 1825-1918 being bloody and traumatic. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world. Drawing on expert opinion and new evidence, she looks at Karl Marx and his groundbreaking ideas. Show more

Psychotherapist and agony aunt Philippa Perry presents a documentary exploring the problem page's enduring appeal, picking her way through three centuries of advice. Show more

James Fox tells the story of New York in 1951, when the likes of Jackson Pollock, Jack Kerouac, Marlon Brando and David Ogilvy helped create the world we know today. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Lucy investigates how the Romanov family's grip on Russia unravelled in their final century, with the years 1825-1918 being bloody and traumatic. Show more

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