Let's Imagine

Sir John Betjeman narrates a helicopter trip over some of Britain's extraordinary houses.

John Betjeman hears from the railway men who are facing the end of the steam age. (1962)

John Betjeman takes a journey from Marble Arch to Edgware. (1968)

A look at the private steam railway network, the Strathspey Railway. (1977)

Anthony Burton looks at the role of railway companies in the 19th Century. (1980)

Brian Redhead reports from the 'Rocket 150' event held at Rainhill, Lancashire. (1980)

Writer and journalist Ian Nairn takes a journey to the industrial North. (1972)

A look at the 1829 competition to find the best steam locomotive in Britain. (1979)

Ian Hislop looks at the 1963 Beeching Report, which closed a third of the UK's railways.

Travel from London’s King’s Cross to Edinburgh on the 'Flying Scotsman'. (1968)

Robbie Cumming sets off on a boating adventure across England - aboard The Naughty Lass

Following the Flying Scotsman as it returns to the tracks after a ten-year restoration.