On Track to Victory
Michael Portillo examines the role of the railways in World War I. At Bristol's Temple Meads station he hears a first-hand account from the front line.
World War I was a railway war. Michael Portillo finds out how the railways helped to precipitate a mechanised war, shaped how it was fought, conveyed millions to the trenches and bore witness to its end. He takes to historic tracks to rediscover the locomotives and wagons of the war that was supposed to end all war and hears the stories of the gallant men and women who used them in life and in death.
Michael travels through Britain and Belgium uncovering railway stories from the Great War. At Bristol's Temple Meads station he hears a first-hand account from the front line, then in Yorkshire discovers how women took over railwaymen's roles and began to literally wear the trousers. He finds out about the extraordinary exploits of Belgian trainspotters who spied on enemy rail movements, and hears how the end of the war also marked the decline of the railways.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Michael Portillo |
Executive Producer | John Comerford |
Series Producer | Alison Kreps |
Director | Tom Richardson |
Broadcasts
- Thu 7 Aug 2014 18:30大象传媒 Two except Scotland
- Fri 8 Aug 2014 18:30大象传媒 Two Scotland
- Sat 9 Aug 2014 11:30
- Wed 20 Aug 2014 10:30
- Wed 15 Apr 2015 19:30
- Thu 16 Apr 2015 01:30
- Thu 6 Aug 2015 12:30
- Sat 23 Sep 2017 10:30
- Mon 12 Feb 2018 19:30
- Thu 8 Nov 2018 14:15大象传媒 Two except Scotland
- Mon 18 Feb 2019 19:30
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