Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys

Season 6

TV-PG
TV Presenter Chris Tarrant travels around the world to ride some of the most extreme railways that wind their way through some of the harshest terrain on Earth.

5 Episodes

  • Railways of the Somme
    E1
    Railways of the SommeThe broadcaster returns, beginning by travelling across Europe to examine the train's role in the First World War. In Northumberland, he enjoys a ride on a preserved locomotive to find out how important the railways were to Britain for mobilisation of troops and the operation of large training camps around the country. Aboard a holiday train commandeered to transport troops and ammunition, Chris tells the stories of two opposing soldiers, one English and one German, who both took trains to the Somme in 1916.
  • Last Train to Transylvania
    E2
    Last Train to TransylvaniaChris follows in the footsteps of Jonathan Harker - the character from Bram's Stoker's Dracula - as he takes the same train route to Transylvania that led Jonathan to the gates of the Count's castle, and a terrifying encounter.
  • The Eastern Express
    E3
    The Eastern ExpressChris travels through Turkey, reflecting on the achievements of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk - the founder of the republic who oversaw the modernisation of the country and its railways. He begins his journey at Istanbul railway station, the starting point ort he Marmaray rail tunnel, which passes beneath the Bosphorus and was built to withstand earthquakes. He also visits Ankara and the volcanic spires of Cappadocia, before heading deep into the mountains and ending in the remote borderlands city of Kars.
  • Crossing the Emerald Isle
    E4
    Crossing the Emerald IsleHis journey starts in the south-west at Cobh in Co Cork and his first stop is Blarney Castle, where Chris kisses the famous stone, before he heads to the west coast to ride on an old local line saved by an eccentric local millionaire. He heads to Dublin to visit the jail made famous by the Easter Rising, before ending in Belfast, where he ponders what the future may hold for the railways and for Ireland.
  • The Lunatic Express
    E5
    The Lunatic ExpressIn Kenya, Chris explores the rapidly decaying “Lunatic Line” the most extraordinary railway project of the whole colonial era, that was famously troubled by mosquito infected swamps, hostile tribes, parched deserts and of course man-eating lions!

Cast of Season 6

  • Chris TarrantHimself - Presenter

 

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