Railways: The Making of a Nation
Historian Liz McIvor explores how Britain's expanding rail network was the spark to a social revolution, starting in the 1800s and continuing through to modern times.
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Christian Wolmar
as Self - Railway Author
Liz Mcivor
as Self - Presenter
Jane Humphries
as Self - Economics Historian
Simon Bradley
as Self - Rail Historian
David Rooney
as Self - Curator of Time, Science Museum
Polly Russell
as Self - Food Historian
Susan Major
as Self - Railway Historian
Lucy Newton
as Self - Historian, Henley Business School
Eleni Papavasileiou
as Self - Curator, Brunel Institute
Chris French
as Self - Kingston University
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