The Architecture the Railways Built

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The Architecture the Railways Built
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Genre Factual
Presented by Tim Dunn
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of series4
No. of episodes40
Production
Running time44 minutes
Production companyBrown Bob Productions
Original release
Network Yesterday / UKTV
Release28 April 2020 (2020-04-28) 
2 May 2023 (2023-05-02) [1]

The Architecture the Railways Built is a British factual documentary series presented by the historian Tim Dunn, first broadcast in the United Kingdom from 28 April 2020 on Yesterday. Each episode explores railway sites across the UK and Europe, including historical, abandoned, modern and future elements. All episodes in series 1 to 3 have one featured location from Continental Europe; the rest of the featured locations in each episode are from the United Kingdom.

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The series is a UKTV original, commissioned for Yesterday and produced by Brown Bob Productions. Two further series of ten episodes each were commissioned by UKTV in October 2020, [2] with the sequel premiering on 19 January 2021, and the third series premiering on 13 September 2021. [3] A fourth series was commissioned in 2022, [4] with the first of ten episodes broadcast on 28 February 2023. [5]

Following its success, Secrets of the London Underground , a programme of four series presented by Dunn, was broadcast from 2021.

Episodes

Series 1

EpisodeOriginal air dateProgramme titlePlaces featured
128 April 2020"Down Street"
25 May 2020"Ffestiniog"
312 May 2020"King's Cross"
419 May 2020"Ribblehead"
526 May 2020"Metroland"
62 June 2020"St Pancras"
79 June 2020"Snowdon"
816 June 2020"Broadway"
923 June 2020"Stockton Darlington"
1030 June 2020"Swindon"

Series 2

EpisodeOriginal air dateProgramme titlePlaces featured
119 January 2021"Wemyss Bay"
226 January 2021"Royal Albert Bridge"
32 February 2021"Windsor"
49 February 2021"Piccadilly Line"
516 February 2021"Lynton"
623 February 2021"Barrow Hill"
72 March 2021"Sheffield"
89 March 2021"Bristol"
916 March 2021"Huddersfield"
1023 March 2021"Wingfield"

Series 3

EpisodeOriginal air dateProgramme titlePlaces featured
113 September 2021"Newcastle"
220 September 2021"Wharncliffe"
327 September 2021"Charing Cross"
44 October 2021"Bramhope Tunnel"
511 October 2021"Saltburn"
618 October 2021"Bishopstone"
725 October 2021"Greenwich"
81 November 2021"North Staffordshire"
98 November 2021"Ramsgate"
1015 November 2021"Curzon Street"

Series 4

EpisodeOriginal air dateProgramme titlePlaces featured
128 February 2023"Forth Bridge"
27 March 2023"Manchester"
314 March 2023"Channel Tunnel"
421 March 2023"London Bridge"
528 March 2023"Coventry"
64 April 2023"Edinburgh"
711 April 2023"Lincoln"
818 April 2023"South Devon"
925 April 2023"Leeds"
102 May 2023"Hull"

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References

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