Series

Maps of Britain

2024 · 1 season · 6 episodes · Returning Series · 5

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Britain is connected by miles of roads, canals, and railway. This series explores the history of how we get around this ancient island.

Episodes

  • S01E01The Motorway Map of Britain2024-03-0845m

    A surprisingly bumpy ride through our love-hate relationship with motorways. The godmother of the road sign discusses her iconic designs. Plus, our favourite and most hated service stations.

  • S01E02The Canal Map of Britain2024-03-1545m

    A look at Britain's beloved canal network via a fact-filled cruise along the first superhighways of the Industrial Revolution. In the age before mechanisation, a frenzy of canal-building saw a new army of workers carve out the British landscape, digging out hundreds of miles of waterways using picks, shovels and muscle.

  • S01E03The Railway Map of Britain2024-03-2245m

    Charting the high and lows of Britain's railway - the invention created at the dawn of the 19th century that would change Britain and the world forever - from the Industrial Revolution to HS2.

  • S01E04The Sewer Map of Britain2024-03-2945m

    Investigating the hidden secrets of the sewers, from London's current Tideway Tunnel, to the Romans' solution almost 2,000 years ago.

  • S01E05The Underground Map of Britain2024-04-0545m

    A fact-fuelled ride through London's tube network, mapping out the history of the world's first - and most iconic - underground railway system. Viewers discover how this 160-year-old marvel of engineering manages to carry 1.3 billion passengers a year.

  • S01E06The Coastal Map of Britain2024-04-1245m

    The rise and fall of the UK's greatest ports, from the first international traders arriving on the coasts of Devon and Cornwall, through the arrival of the Romans, Elizabeth I's extension of British territory, and the huge impact of the tea trade and the Industrial Revolution

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