Trains

Follow the lives of some of the 7.5 million Bombay Railway commuters and workers as this film takes a look at their struggles, victories and dreams.

Experience one of the biggest, longest and heaviest trains in the world - a massive iron ore train running across Mauritania's Sahara desert nicknamed the "Backbone of the Sahara".

Historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn bring back to life the golden age of steam, exploring how Victorian railways helped to shape modern Britain.