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Last Days of Steam

  • Episode aired Oct 16, 2008
  • 59m
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Documentary which tells the surprising story of how Britain entered a new age of steam railways after the Second World War and why it quickly came to an end. After the war, the largely destr... Read allDocumentary which tells the surprising story of how Britain entered a new age of steam railways after the Second World War and why it quickly came to an end. After the war, the largely destroyed railways of Europe were rebuilt to carry more modern diesel and electric trains. Brit... Read allDocumentary which tells the surprising story of how Britain entered a new age of steam railways after the Second World War and why it quickly came to an end. After the war, the largely destroyed railways of Europe were rebuilt to carry more modern diesel and electric trains. Britain, however, chose to build thousands of brand new steam locomotives. Did we stay with st... Read all

  • Director
    • George Chan
  • Stars
    • Deborah Maclaren
    • Lawrie Hall
    • Terry Gourvish
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    13
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    • Director
      • George Chan
    • Stars
      • Deborah Maclaren
      • Lawrie Hall
      • Terry Gourvish
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    Deborah Maclaren
    Deborah Maclaren
    • Self - Narrator
    • (voice)
    • (as Deborah MacLaren)
    Lawrie Hall
    • Self - British Railways Manager 1966-2005
    Terry Gourvish
    • Self - Historian, London School of Economics
    Danny Hopkins
    • Self - Editor, 'Steam Railway Magazine'
    Andrew Scott
    • Self - Head of National Railway Museum
    Alfred Barnes
    • Self - Minister of Transport, 1948
    • (archive footage)
    • (voice)
    Colin Divall
    • Self - Historian, University of York
    Simon Jenkins
    • Self - Author and Journalist
    David Elliott
    • Self - The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust
    Ian Marchant
    • Self - Writer
    Richard Beeching
    • Self - 'Reshaping the Railways', 1963
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Dr Richard Beeching)
    David Shepherd
    • Self - Artist
    Dai Woodham
    • Self - Railway Locomotive Scrapyard Owner, interviewed in 1988
    • (archive footage)
    Graham Perry
    • Self - Railway Enthusiast
    Mike Peart
    • Self - Railway Enthusiast
    Jon Barlow
    • Self - Railway Enthusiast
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      • George Chan
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