Steam Days (1986)

Genre

documentary television program

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Miles Kington presents a documentary series about British steam locomotives and railways. Each episode looks at a specific theme in the history of these trains.

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What happens

Steam Days is a 1986 BBC Two television documentary series written and presented by Miles Kington. Each episode is themed around the history of British steam locomotives and railways, particularly highlighting preserved locomotives operating at the time of its filming. The series consists of six half-hour episodes. It aired on Public Television stations in the United States under the title Great Steam Trains. Two episodes, "Going Great Western" and "The Fishing Line" are available to watch on the BBC Archives website. The whole series subsequently became available to watch on the BBC iPlayer. but until 8 December 2017 and is currently not available. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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