All Episodes
Great Rail Tales — 101 episodes
Rajinder Pryor – Women in Rail and Travels in India with Railway 200 Teddy
Jack Rhodes – an apprentice shaping the next chapter in rail’s revolutionary story
Joe Smith – Time for analogue in a digital world
Linda Brinklow – Celebrating Railway 200 on the Isle of Sheppey
Riku Fryderyk – Remembering Ian Marchant and a Railway of Dreams
Richard Woods – Remembering the 150th anniversary of Rail
Tim Dunn - a lifetime shaped by the metropolitan railway and expressed through Railway 200
Joanne Ormesher – The Llangollen Firecracker
John Simpson – From New York to Shildon
Bob Barton – Cheers! The pubs and refreshment rooms of the railway
Emma Roberts – Railway 200’s Programme Manager
Dr Mike Esbester and Gordon Churchill – Remembering Arthur Churchill and the Railway Orphanages
Adrian Greenwood – Falling in love with the sound of trains
Ian Lavery MP and Caroline Ball – World Cup Winner Ashington
Clare Wildfire – Great Great Great Grandaughter of rail pioneer Edward Pease
Findlay Napier – Firecracker on 21st Century Folk
Steve Williams – A journey like no other
Dr Bob Nicholson – The birth of the platform bookstore
Sherin Aminossehe – Meet me under the clocks
Luke Ryan - The Talyllyn Railway and Rev Wilbert Awdry
Dr Neil Strong – promoting the flora and fauna of the rail network
Toufic Machnouk – Evolution or revolution for the railway of the future?
Alan Ross – Celebrating the Forth Bridge
Colin Haynes – Telling the stories behind the names
Dr Mike Esbester – People make the railway
Niccy Hallifax – Artistic and Festival Director of S&DR200
Iain Quinn - a nostalgic look back at the connections between the railways and the Waverley paddle steamer
Samina Siddiqui - Muslims on the railways
Jools Townsend - Giving communities a voice through the Community Rail Network
Mark Smith – The Man in Seat 61
Linda Hilton – Stories from her railwayman dad John Monk
Susan Major – The Railway Women of World War 2
Christian Wolmar - The railway and war
John Chalmers – Driving Her Majesty the Late Queen to Paris
Penny Allen – Discovering the railway is in your blood
Alan Brooks – Oh la la! Driving the first train through the Channel Tunnel
Tim Shoveller – From steam volunteer to CEO Freightliner Group
Christina Burgess – Remembering Joseph Harrop
Alex Alder – Discovering 39 tonnes of miracle
Lewis Smith – What’s behind one of the world’s most famous logos?
Jenny Clementson – Researching the railway of the future
Sam Slatcher – Passengers and Pioneers
Shahiesta Raja – Stations of Welcome
The Bee Friendly Trust – Pollinating the platforms
David Pitt – Adventures on the Iron Road
Roy Edwards – The Railway Clearing House – The first human supercomputer
Jonathan Whitmore – Railway modelling through simulators
Lord Hendy – The Minister for Rail with transport in his blood
Andy Uttley - taking a walk on the wild side of the tracks!
Laura Littlefair – Putting Shildon on the map - the cradle of the railways
Tiegan - In praise of Trainbow
Dr James Fowler - Turning the lights on and the Railways off
Sally Jones - Inspiring artists of the future
Karen Bennett - 200 stories of pride on the railways
Alexander Medcalf - the inter-war years, the golden age of train travel?
Richard Cantrell – Leabrooks Central… in his back garden
Bill Rogerson - An Intriguing Insight into the History of the British Transport Police
John Edward – Remembering Private James McSherry at the Quintinshill Disaster
Mark Gardner - Creativity inspired by iconic local locomotives
Rufus Boyd – Transforming society one sleeper at a time
Louise Cheeseman – Changing careers, changing lives
Lawrie Rose – Coming together across the world
Steve Melia - Railwalking
Neil Forbes – The fastest chocolate souffle in the world
David Mochan – 6VT Central Community Rail Partnership
Caroline Mansbridge – Your first love is the deepest
Georgie Read - A love affair sparked by a Tornado!
The Railway Stinkers
Pete Waterman – A track record inspired by the rebuilding of Coventry Cathedral
Phil Hibberd and Great Great Grandad Jabez Atkinson
Chris Leech MBE – Rebuilding Futures Alliance
Anthony Coulls – From eggs to elephants
Monisha Rajesh – Travelling the world by train
Rob Scargill – Railway Firsts on the Bicentenary train
Dr. Oli Betts – How the railway helped form nations
Ziyad Aw – Escapism on the Isle of Sodor
Matt Crossfield - Stepping into a different world
Fiona Campbell – Northbound Dreams
Kyla Hislop - how the railways brought us fish n chips!
Paul Stanford - how the railway made me
Reuben James – Making memories on the railways
Gerald Townson – The Bentham dementia friendly line
Stephen Parr – The clock at Corris
Rupert Furness – My Grandma and the Sutton Coldfield rail disaster
Anjali Devadasan – Powering the railways into the future
Philip Dunn – the 1980’s version of Francis Bourgeois
Samuel Gómez Fernández – The railway as a beacon of hope
Dan Richards – Riding the overnight mail trains
Lizzie Lovejoy – The poetry of the people on the rails
Scott Dolling – A childhood spent on the rails
Alistair Johnson – Expanding the rail network coming at a personal cost
Mike and Andrew Lamport – Generations on the rails
Ian Smith – Railway time
Adam Sergent – modelling every tunnel in the UK
Andrew Mitchell – It’s the people that make the railway move
Helen Bartlett – Providing support on life’s journey
Ash Bhardwaj – A multi-sensory journey on the rails
Ken Davies – 08721 Ken Davies
Bessie Matthews – Living out your childhood dream as a freight driver
David Meara – A lifetime on the sleeper train
Siggy Cragwell - A rewarding career in rail