Season 1 (1989)

Day 1
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February 13, 1989 • 46m

All year round, 24 hours a day, British Rail is part of the nation's life blood. It is used, abused, tolerated, criticised, apprec...Read more

Day 2
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February 14, 1989 • 46m

Edinburgh Inter-City 125 heads north, behind the scenes its progress is monitored and controlled by many an unseen hand. From sign...Read more

Day 3
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February 15, 1989 • 46m

Twenty-four hours a day, the 'merry-go-rounds' - coal trains that never stop - run from colliery to power station. Elsewhere on th...Read more

Day 4
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February 16, 1989 • 46m

They used to be passengers; now they're called customers: a constant stream of people across the concourse, onto the platforms and...Read more

Day 5
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February 17, 1989 • 46m

British Rail's East Coast main line is a railway in the throes of change. From London to Edinburgh the overhead wires are going up...Read more