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Maps of Britain

2024 - 1 season 6 eps

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S1 · E1 · Mar 8, 2024

The Motorway Map of Britain Episode 1

A surprisingly bumpy ride through our love-hate relationship with motorways. The godmother of the road sign discusses her iconic designs. Plus, our favourite and most hated service stations.

45 min

S1 · E2 · Mar 15, 2024

The Canal Map of Britain Episode 2

A look at Britain's beloved canal network via a fact-filled cruise along the first superhighways of the Industrial Revolution. In the age before mechanisation, a frenzy of canal-building saw a new army of workers carve out the British landscape, digging out hundreds of miles of waterways using picks, shovels and muscle.

45 min

S1 · E3 · Mar 22, 2024

The Railway Map of Britain Episode 3

Charting the high and lows of Britain's railway - the invention created at the dawn of the 19th century that would change Britain and the world forever - from the Industrial Revolution to HS2.

45 min

S1 · E4 · Mar 29, 2024

The Sewer Map of Britain Episode 4

Investigating the hidden secrets of the sewers, from London's current Tideway Tunnel, to the Romans' solution almost 2,000 years ago.

45 min

S1 · E5 · Apr 5, 2024

The Underground Map of Britain Episode 5

A fact-fuelled ride through London's tube network, mapping out the history of the world's first - and most iconic - underground railway system. Viewers discover how this 160-year-old marvel of engineering manages to carry 1.3 billion passengers a year.

45 min

S1 · E6 · Apr 12, 2024

The Coastal Map of Britain Episode 6

The rise and fall of the UK's greatest ports, from the first international traders arriving on the coasts of Devon and Cornwall, through the arrival of the Romans, Elizabeth I's extension of British territory, and the huge impact of the tea trade and the Industrial Revolution

6 episodes in Season 1

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Maps of Britain