Ian Hislop's Trains That Changed the World — Season 1, Episode 4: Leisure
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 4 episodes • ★ 6.0/10
Episode synopsis
Cameras explore the Great Western Railway to experience a journey of a bygone age. The magnificent Pullman service continues to offer passengers a Silver service restaurant menu as it whisks passengers to coastal resorts that were established in the Victorian era. Queen Victoria was a driving force behind the mass appeal of rail travel that developed in the 19th century. There's a look around Victoria's royal train, which has been preserved in all its finery
About Ian Hislop's Trains That Changed the World
How four iconic British-built trains revolutionised rail travel and inspired incredible railway projects the world over.