Michael Portillo has produced a terrific documentary series on 200 years of the railways.

The filming locations are excellent, the interviews are very informative - and even if you know lots about the history of Locomotion and Rocket, I'd wager that the floating track solution to the Chat Moss peat bog problem might be something that you wouldn't know all about !

There are lots of articles on the Stockton and Darlington Railway in this anniversary year - here's a good detailed article from the BBC from the 24th September 2025