Self-confessed railway enthusiast Michael Palin travels from Euston in London to the Kyle of Lochalsh, along routes steeped in history. Show more

Series exploring famous rail routes. Henry Louis Gates Jr travels through Africa to the Tanzanian village where he did voluntary work as a teenager. Show more

Chris Bonington travels across Canada by train from Halifax to Porteau, near Vancouver, taking a detour northwards to Moosonee. He climbs in the Rocky Mountains before going kayaking.

Victoria Wood makes a round trip to the north of Britain from Crewe, taking in both the east and west coasts, and Thurso, the most northerly point possible by train. Show more

Ian Hislop travels from Kolkata, the former capital of the British Raj and present seat of the Marxist government of West Bengal, to Rajasthan. Show more

Stephen Tompkinson relives the days of colonial train travel as a pampered passenger on the Eastern and Oriental Express. Show more

Series in which celebrities travel on famous railway routes. Alexei Sayle attempts to journey from Aleppo in northern Syria to Aqaba in Jordan. Show more

BBC foreign correspondent Fergal Keane travels through Japan, beginning his journey on the businessman's bullet train in Tokyo. Show more

Using Spain's comprehensive rail network, former Cabinet minister Michael Portillo explores his complex Spanish roots and reveals his family's troubled past. Show more

Documentary series looking at the rail routes used by ordinary people. Rick Stein crosses Mexico from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. Show more

Travels by train. Nick Hancock crosses Cuba. Along the way he meets boxers, ballet dancers, faded divas and a fascinating array of failed revolutionaries. Show more

Hollywood star Danny Glover rides the oldest line in Africa when he takes the Bamako Express from Senegal to Mali. En route he meets Youssou N'Dour. Show more

Clive Anderson takes to the railways where he meets a nomadic tribe, visits Buddhist caves, experiences the Mongolian Stock Exchange, and ends up on the Trans-Siberian Express.

Former Kirov prima ballerina Natalia Makarova explores the railways of Russia, taking in Volgograd, Samarkand and the river Volga, and dancing on the railway itself.

Michael Palin travels through Northern Ireland and Ireland and finds out more about his Irish ancestors, experiences the "peace train" from Belfast to Dublin, and visits Cork.

Poet and author Lisa St Aubin de Terán travels from Brazil to Bolivia, taking in scenes of both lush beauty and abject poverty, and crossing a swamp larger than Britain.

BBC correspondent Mark Tully travels on the first train for a decade to go through the Khyber Pass, closed since the end of the Soviet-Afghan war.

Author and anti-apartheid campaigner Rian Milan travels across South Africa and wrestles with its troubled past, taking in Durban, Johannesburg and the Lost City.