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All Episodes

Great Rail Tales — 101 episodes

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1

Rajinder Pryor – Women in Rail and Travels in India with Railway 200 Teddy

2

Jack Rhodes – an apprentice shaping the next chapter in rail’s revolutionary story

3

Joe Smith – Time for analogue in a digital world

4

Linda Brinklow – Celebrating Railway 200 on the Isle of Sheppey

5

Riku Fryderyk – Remembering Ian Marchant and a Railway of Dreams

6

Richard Woods – Remembering the 150th anniversary of Rail

7

Tim Dunn - a lifetime shaped by the metropolitan railway and expressed through Railway 200

8

Joanne Ormesher – The Llangollen Firecracker

9

John Simpson – From New York to Shildon

10

Bob Barton – Cheers! The pubs and refreshment rooms of the railway

11

Emma Roberts – Railway 200’s Programme Manager

12

Dr Mike Esbester and Gordon Churchill – Remembering Arthur Churchill and the Railway Orphanages

13

Adrian Greenwood – Falling in love with the sound of trains

14

Ian Lavery MP and Caroline Ball – World Cup Winner Ashington

15

Clare Wildfire – Great Great Great Grandaughter of rail pioneer Edward Pease

16

Findlay Napier – Firecracker on 21st Century Folk

17

Steve Williams – A journey like no other

18

Dr Bob Nicholson – The birth of the platform bookstore

19

Sherin Aminossehe – Meet me under the clocks

20

Luke Ryan - The Talyllyn Railway and Rev Wilbert Awdry

21

Dr Neil Strong – promoting the flora and fauna of the rail network

22

Toufic Machnouk – Evolution or revolution for the railway of the future?

23

Alan Ross – Celebrating the Forth Bridge

24

Colin Haynes – Telling the stories behind the names

25

Dr Mike Esbester – People make the railway

26

Niccy Hallifax – Artistic and Festival Director of S&DR200

27

Iain Quinn - a nostalgic look back at the connections between the railways and the Waverley paddle steamer

28

Samina Siddiqui - Muslims on the railways

29

Jools Townsend - Giving communities a voice through the Community Rail Network

30

Mark Smith – The Man in Seat 61

31

Linda Hilton – Stories from her railwayman dad John Monk

32

Susan Major – The Railway Women of World War 2

33

Christian Wolmar - The railway and war

34

John Chalmers – Driving Her Majesty the Late Queen to Paris

35

Penny Allen – Discovering the railway is in your blood

36

Alan Brooks – Oh la la! Driving the first train through the Channel Tunnel

37

Tim Shoveller – From steam volunteer to CEO Freightliner Group

38

Christina Burgess – Remembering Joseph Harrop

39

Alex Alder – Discovering 39 tonnes of miracle

40

Lewis Smith – What’s behind one of the world’s most famous logos?

41

Jenny Clementson – Researching the railway of the future

42

Sam Slatcher – Passengers and Pioneers

43

Shahiesta Raja – Stations of Welcome

44

The Bee Friendly Trust – Pollinating the platforms

45

David Pitt – Adventures on the Iron Road

46

Roy Edwards – The Railway Clearing House – The first human supercomputer

47

Jonathan Whitmore – Railway modelling through simulators

48

Lord Hendy – The Minister for Rail with transport in his blood

49

Andy Uttley - taking a walk on the wild side of the tracks!

50

Laura Littlefair – Putting Shildon on the map - the cradle of the railways

51

Tiegan - In praise of Trainbow

52

Dr James Fowler - Turning the lights on and the Railways off

53

Sally Jones - Inspiring artists of the future

54

Karen Bennett - 200 stories of pride on the railways

55

Alexander Medcalf - the inter-war years, the golden age of train travel?

56

Richard Cantrell – Leabrooks Central… in his back garden

57

Bill Rogerson - An Intriguing Insight into the History of the British Transport Police

58

John Edward – Remembering Private James McSherry at the Quintinshill Disaster

59

Mark Gardner - Creativity inspired by iconic local locomotives

60

Rufus Boyd – Transforming society one sleeper at a time

61

Louise Cheeseman – Changing careers, changing lives

62

Lawrie Rose – Coming together across the world

63

Steve Melia - Railwalking

64

Neil Forbes – The fastest chocolate souffle in the world

65

David Mochan – 6VT Central Community Rail Partnership

66

Caroline Mansbridge – Your first love is the deepest

67

Georgie Read - A love affair sparked by a Tornado!

68

The Railway Stinkers

69

Pete Waterman – A track record inspired by the rebuilding of Coventry Cathedral

70

Phil Hibberd and Great Great Grandad Jabez Atkinson

71

Chris Leech MBE – Rebuilding Futures Alliance

72

Anthony Coulls – From eggs to elephants

73

Monisha Rajesh – Travelling the world by train

74

Rob Scargill – Railway Firsts on the Bicentenary train

75

Dr. Oli Betts – How the railway helped form nations

76

Ziyad Aw – Escapism on the Isle of Sodor

77

Matt Crossfield - Stepping into a different world

78

Fiona Campbell – Northbound Dreams

79

Kyla Hislop - how the railways brought us fish n chips!

80

Paul Stanford - how the railway made me

81

Reuben James – Making memories on the railways

82

Gerald Townson – The Bentham dementia friendly line

83

Stephen Parr – The clock at Corris

84

Rupert Furness – My Grandma and the Sutton Coldfield rail disaster

85

Anjali Devadasan – Powering the railways into the future

86

Philip Dunn – the 1980’s version of Francis Bourgeois

87

Samuel Gómez Fernández – The railway as a beacon of hope

88

Dan Richards – Riding the overnight mail trains

89

Lizzie Lovejoy – The poetry of the people on the rails

90

Scott Dolling – A childhood spent on the rails

91

Alistair Johnson – Expanding the rail network coming at a personal cost

92

Mike and Andrew Lamport – Generations on the rails

93

Ian Smith – Railway time

94

Adam Sergent – modelling every tunnel in the UK

95

Andrew Mitchell – It’s the people that make the railway move

96

Helen Bartlett – Providing support on life’s journey

97

Ash Bhardwaj – A multi-sensory journey on the rails

98

Ken Davies – 08721 Ken Davies

99

Bessie Matthews – Living out your childhood dream as a freight driver

100

David Meara – A lifetime on the sleeper train

101

Siggy Cragwell - A rewarding career in rail