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Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 25^th Aug 2016, 20:00 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sun 28^th Feb 2021, 02:30 on BBC Four HD

Series exploring the expansion of railways in the Victorian era. The team find out how more leisure time and cheap rail transport meant more freedom for working-class Victorians. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Ruth Goodman
Presenter:: Alex Langlands
Presenter:: Peter Ginn
Production Company:: Lion Television
Participant:: Andy Croggon
Participant:: Matt Green
Participant:: Dan Wealden
Participant:: Richie Swinglehurst
Participant:: Paul MacDonald
Participant:: Simon Penn
Participant:: Richard Edgecliffe-Johnson
Participant:: Joby Carter
Participant:: Basil Craske
Participant:: Billy Johnson
Participant:: Hal Debes
Participant:: Guy Debes
Participant:: John Spencer
Director:: Chris Mitchell
Producer:: Chris Mitchell
Series Producer:: Stuart Elliott
Executive Producer:: Nick Catliff
Production Manager:: Claire Smith
Producer:: Emma Randle-Caprez
Producer:: Georgina Stewart
Production Coordinator:: Rachael Pagett
Sound Recordist:: Tim Hodge
Sound Recordist:: Bill Rudolph
Camera Operator:: Tom Pilbeam
Editor:: Dominic Hutton
Editor:: Steve Brown

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Documentaries

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Full Steam Ahead

Episode 2

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 28^th Jul 2016, 20:00 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sun 31^st Jan 2021, 02:30 on BBC Four HD

Series exploring the expansion of railways in the Victorian era. This episode looks at how railways began to move people, rather than just goods, around the country. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Ruth Goodman
Presenter:: Alex Langlands
Presenter:: Peter Ginn
Series Producer:: Stuart Elliot
Director:: Stuart Elliot
Executive Producer:: Nick Catliff
Production Manager:: Claire Smith
Producer:: Emma Randle-Caprez
Producer:: Georgina Stewart
Production Coordinator:: Rachael Pagett
Sound Recordist:: Tim Hodge
Sound Recordist:: Bill Rudolph
Assistant Producer:: Tom Pilbeam
Editor:: Steve Brown
Production Company:: Lion Television

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Full Steam Ahead

Episode 1

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 21^st Jul 2016, 20:00 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sun 24^th Jan 2021, 02:45 on BBC Four HD

Historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn explore how the introduction of steam railways in the early 19th century changed Britain. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Ruth Goodman
Presenter:: Alex Langlands
Presenter:: Peter Ginn
Participant:: Keith Payne
Participant:: Ian Wilkinson
Participant:: Medina Dick
Participant:: Phil Jones
Participant:: Ron Whalley
Series Producer:: Stuart Elliott
Director:: Stuart Elliott
Executive Producer:: Nick Catliff
Production Manager:: Claire Smith
Producer:: Emma Randle-Caprez
Producer:: Georgina Stewart
Production Coordinator:: Charlotte Lee
Production Coordinator:: Rachael Pagett
Sound Recordist:: Tim Hodge
Sound Recordist:: Bill Rudolph
Camera Operator:: Tom Pilbeam
Editor:: Steve Brown
Production Company:: Lion Television

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Full Steam Ahead

Episode 5

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 18^th Aug 2016, 20:00 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sun 21^st Feb 2021, 02:50 on BBC Four HD

Series exploring the expansion of railways in the Victorian era. The team visit the South Devon Railway to explore the life of the branch line before the Beeching cuts of the 60s. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Ruth Goodman
Presenter:: Alex Langlands
Presenter:: Peter Ginn
Production Company:: Lion Television
Series Producer:: Stuart Elliott
Director:: Stuart Elliott
Executive Producer:: Nick Catliff
Production Manager:: Claire Smith
Producer:: Emma Randle-Caprez
Producer:: Georgina Stewart
Production Coordinator:: Rachael Pagett
Sound Recordist:: Tim Hodge
Camera Operator:: Tom Pilbeam
Editor:: Guy Scutter
Researcher:: Fjolla Iberhysaj
Participant:: Sandra Fry
Participant:: Jim Jeffrey
Participant:: Dave Knowling
Participant:: Alan Taylor
Participant:: Barbara Turner
Participant:: Alasdair Page
Participant:: Mike Esbester
Participant:: Brian Robinson
Participant:: Alan Johnson
Participant:: Darren Robinson
Participant:: John Brodribb
Participant:: Jeremy John
Participant:: Marc Lucas

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Full Steam Ahead

Episode 4

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 11^th Aug 2016, 20:00 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sun 14^th Feb 2021, 02:30 on BBC Four HD

Series exploring the expansion of railways in the Victorian era. Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn help get the most famous locomotive in the world, the Flying Scotsman, into steam. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Ruth Goodman
Presenter:: Alex Langlands
Presenter:: Peter Ginn
Production Company:: Lion Television
Participant:: Paul Harrison
Participant:: Brian Hallett
Participant:: Philip Payne
Participant:: David Turner
Participant:: Bill Griffiths
Participant:: Patrick Rowe
Participant:: Meg Arnot
Participant:: Noel Hartley
Participant:: Richard Elliott
Participant:: Keiran Flynn
Participant:: Tony Green
Series Producer:: Stuart Elliott
Director:: Stuart Elliott
Executive Producer:: Nick Catliff
Production Manager:: Claire Smith
Producer:: Georgina Stewart
Researcher:: Fjolla Iberhysaj
Production Coordinator:: Rachael Pagett
Sound Recordist:: Tim Hodge
Sound Recordist:: Bill Rudolph
Camera Operator:: Tom Pilbeam
Editor:: Dominic Hutton
Graphic Designer:: Eddie Gachegua
Producer:: Emma Randle-Caprez

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Documentaries

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Full Steam Ahead

Episode 3

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 4^th Aug 2016, 20:00 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sat 6^th Feb 2021, 19:00 on BBC Four HD

Series exploring the expansion of railways in the Victorian era. Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn find out how railways transformed the British diet. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Ruth Goodman
Presenter:: Alex Langlands
Presenter:: Peter Ginn
Participant:: John Martin
Participant:: Glenn Kilpatrick
Participant:: Barry Brown
Participant:: Stewart Edward Dark
Participant:: Mike Bull
Participant:: Don Tyler
Participant:: Daniel Dickinson
Participant:: George Willy
Participant:: Guy Debes
Participant:: James Harper
Director:: Chris Mitchell
Producer:: Chris Mitchell
Executive Producer:: Nick Catliff
Production Manager:: Claire Smith
Producer:: Emma Randle-Caprez
Producer:: Georgina Stewart
Production Coordinator:: Rachael Pagett
Sound Recordist:: Tim Hodge
Assistant Producer:: Tom Pilbeam
Editor:: Steve Brown
Production Company:: Lion Television
Series Producer:: Stuart Elliott
Graphic Designer:: Eddie Gachegua

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The Repair Shop

Series 12

Episode 5

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 7^th Jun 2023, 20:00 on BBC One Channel IslandsLatest broadcast: Wed 7^th Jun 2023, 20:00 on BBC One Northern Ireland

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Poet Laureate Simon Armitage brings his treasured harmonium, holding memories of his late father, to be revived. And an early sculpture by an eminent Czech artist is restored. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jay Blades
Narrator:: Bill Paterson
Expert:: David Burville
Expert:: Dominic Chinea
Expert:: Dean Westmoreland
Expert:: Kirsten Ramsay
Expert:: William Kirk
Expert:: Richard Talman
Executive Producer:: Emma Walsh
Executive Producer:: Hannah Lamb
Executive Producer:: Paula Fasht
Series Producer:: Claire Egerton-Jones
Series Producer:: Tanveer Bari
Series Producer:: Rachael Pagett
Series Producer:: Kim Boursnell
Director:: Ben Borland
Production Company:: Ricochet Ltd

The Repair Shop

Series 12

Episode 6

Duration: 57 minutes

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First broadcast: Wed 14^th Jun 2023, 20:00 on BBC One Yorkshire HDLatest broadcast: Wed 14^th Jun 2023, 20:00 on BBC One Northern Ireland HD

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The Repair Shop: Series 12

A seized-up ventriloquist’s dummy with no strings attached gets a much-needed makeover, and a Roman-style leather chair undergoes a triumphant transformation. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jay Blades
Narrator:: Bill Paterson
Expert:: David Burville
Expert:: Dominic Chinea
Expert:: Kirsten Ramsay
Expert:: William Kirk
Expert:: Julie Tatchell
Expert:: Amanda Middleditch
Expert:: Pete Woods
Expert:: Christopher Shaw
Expert:: Brenton West
Expert:: Sonnaz Nooranvary
Executive Producer:: Emma Walsh
Executive Producer:: Hannah Lamb
Executive Producer:: Paula Fasht
Series Producer:: Claire Egerton-Jones
Series Producer:: Tanveer Bari
Series Producer:: Rachael Pagett
Series Producer:: Kim Boursnell
Director:: Ben Borland
Director:: Rich Merritt
Production Company:: Ricochet Ltd

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FactualAntiques

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The Repair Shop

Series

The Repair Shop

Series 12

Windrush Special

Duration: 57 minutes

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First broadcast: Wed 21^st Jun 2023, 20:00 on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: Wed 21^st Jun 2023, 20:00 on BBC One Wales HD

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The Repair Shop: Series 12

Marking the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush to the UK, the barn fixes four items that celebrate the contribution of the Windrush generation. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jay Blades
Narrator:: Bill Paterson
Expert:: Steven Fletcher
Expert:: Suzie Fletcher
Expert:: William Kirk
Expert:: Christopher Shaw
Expert:: Mark Stuckey
Executive Producer:: Paula Fasht
Executive Producer:: Hannah Lamb
Executive Producer:: Emma Walsh
Series Producer:: Matt Baker
Series Producer:: Kim Boursnell
Series Producer:: Rachael Pagett
Director:: James Bainbridge
Director:: Ben Borland
Production Company:: Ricochet Ltd

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FactualAntiques

Brand

The Repair Shop

Series

The Repair Shop

Series 12

NHS Special

Duration: 57 minutes

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First broadcast: Wed 28^th Jun 2023, 20:00 on BBC One NightlightLatest broadcast: Sat 15^th Jul 2023, 02:25 on BBC Two Wales HD

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The Repair Shop: Series 12

The team celebrates 75 years of the NHS by reviving items that include a hospital food trolley and a patient diary belonging to writer Michael Rosen. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jay Blades
Narrator:: Bill Paterson
Expert:: William Kirk
Expert:: Dominic Chinea
Expert:: Christopher Shaw
Expert:: Suzie Fletcher
Expert:: Brenton West
Executive Producer:: Paula Fasht
Executive Producer:: Hannah Lamb
Executive Producer:: Emma Walsh
Series Producer:: Matt Baker
Series Producer:: Kim Boursnell
Series Producer:: Rachael Pagett
Director:: James Bainbridge
Production Company:: Ricochet Ltd

Genres

FactualAntiques

Brand

The Repair Shop

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