The Railway Children
1968 · 1 season · 7 episodes · Ended · BBC One
Drama, Family
TMDB 7.0 · 3 votes
At the dawn of the 20th century, following their father's arrest on suspicion of betraying state secrets, the three Waterbury children—Bobbie, Phyllis and Peter—move with their mother to Yorkshire, where they find themselves involved in unexpected dramas along the railway by their new home.
Episodes
- S01E01The Visitors1968-05-1225m
During Peter’s birthday party, strangers arrive and take Father away. Mother says he has gone away on business - but when will he return and what will Mother and the children do?
- S01E02The Coalminers1968-05-1925m
Now living in their new home in the country, without their father, the children befriend Perks at the local railway station and go ‘coalmining’ at the station stores.
- S01E03The Message1968-05-2625m
Mother is taken ill and the children get a message of help to a kindly old gentleman on the train, who sends her a hamper.
- S01E04The Foreign Gentleman1968-06-0225m
Mother and the children come to the aid of a distressed Russian gentleman who arrives at the station and Bobbie learns the truth about her father.
- S01E05The Secret1968-06-0925m
Mother tells Bobbie she must keep her secret from the other children. Later, the children discover a fallen tree on the line as the express train is due.
- S01E06The Rescue1968-06-1625m
The children are rewarded by the railway company, and they soon need their courage again when a boy goes missing in the tunnel.
- S01E07The Meeting1968-06-2325m
The children save Jim from the tunnel and take him home to be looked after. A train arrives at the station bringing some good news.
