The Architecture the Railways Built

The Architecture the Railways Built
GenreFactual
Presented byTim Dunn
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series4
No. of episodes40
Production
Running time44 minutes
Production companyBrown Bob Productions
Original release
NetworkYesterday / UKTV
Release28 April 2020 (2020-04-28) –
2 May 2023 (2023-05-02)[1]
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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.

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.

  1. ^ "The Architecture the Railways Built | Yesterday Channel". yesterday.uktv.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ "The Architecture The Railways Built to return for a new series". World of Railways. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  3. ^ "The Architecture the Railways Built returns for a third TV series". www.ianvisits.co.uk. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  4. ^ Holden, Michael (17 August 2022). "UKTV commissions fourth series of Tim Dunn's The Architecture The Railways Built". RailAdvent. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  5. ^ "The Architecture the Railways Built returns for its 4th series". ianVisits. 7 February 2023.