The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway (2014)
- Genre
- documentary, reality
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 4 seasons, 9 episodes
- Rated
- 6
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary series follows the construction of a massive railway tunnel being built under central London. It shows the engineering challenges and the people working to complete this huge infrastructure project.
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What happens
The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway is a British TV documentary series about the construction of a section of the Crossrail railway line which tunnels beneath central London. The first series was produced by Windfall Films and released in the UK in July 2014. It was aired by SBS in Australia, as London's Super Tunnel, commencing in November 2014. A second series started airing in May 2017, a third series in February 2019, and a fourth and final series, covering the testing and snags in the eventual run-up to public opening, aired in June 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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