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Full Steam Ahead

Rating:3.3 of 5Total number of episodes:12Last broadcast:17/04/2018 at 20:00
October 2017
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July 28, 2016

3.0 9 x
Historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn visit Beamish in County Durham to examine how railway companies began to develop ways of moving people, rather than just stone, coal and iron, around the country. The comfort of the early passenger wagons are put to the test on one of the earliest steam trains, and Ruth finds out how people were moving further than ever before.
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July 21, 2016

3.0 2 x
Historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn bring back to life the golden age of steam and explore how the Victorian railways created modern Britain. The introduction of steam railways in the early 19th century changed Britain in a way no one could have predicted. This episode explores how they created a domestic revolution, changing the way we lived, from the houses we lived in to the food we ate. In the middle of winter, the team arrive at the Ffestiniog Railway in Snowdonia to fin...
August 2016
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August 25, 2016

Expired 3.0 6 x
August 25, 2016 of the TV-show Full Steam Ahead was broadcast by BBC2 on Thursday 25 August 2016 at 20:00.
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August 18, 2016

Expired 3.0 10 x
August 18, 2016 of the TV-show Full Steam Ahead was broadcast by BBC2 on Thursday 18 August 2016 at 20:00.
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August 11, 2016

Expired 3.0 6 x
August 11, 2016 of the TV-show Full Steam Ahead was broadcast by BBC2 on Thursday 11 August 2016 at 20:00.
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August 4, 2016

Expired 3.0 8 x
It is full steam ahead for historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn as they bring back to life the golden age of steam and explore how the Victorian railways created modern Britain.
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