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Scotland’s Home of the Year (BBC Scotland/HD & BBC iPlayer only | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Wednesday 1st July 2020)

The judges have scoured the country, visiting 27 incredible homes and now, the finalists gather as the judges choose the overall winner.

The Architecture The Railways Built (Yesterday | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Tuesday 30th June 2020)

Tim Dunn visits Swindon’s railway village, which became home to Great Western’s enormous works and he also explores the dark and secret past of Milan’s station.

The Hidden Wilds of the Motorway (BBC 4/HD | 9:00pm to 10:30pm | Tuesday 30th June 2020)

Author and naturalist Helen Macdonald embarks on a clockwise loop around London’s orbital motorway – searching for wildness and natural beauty within sight and sound of the M25. Helen encounters the remarkable people, plants and animals living above, beside and beneath the motorway, and delves into the controversial history of the UK’s longest bypass.

The Railway 24/7 (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 1st July 2020)

Officers confront a group of young people who are dangerously close to a high-speed railway line, yet despite their warnings, British Transport Police officers Be and Kayleigh worry that they are not getting the message. Meanwhile in Ardwick train depot, a Class 185 has a cracked manifold, and engineer Steve has to drain off hundreds of litres of toxic coolant from the train before he can get at the damaged component.

All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.

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20 June 2020

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The Architecture The Railways Built (Yesterday | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Tuesday 23rd June 2020)

Tim Dunn visits the architecture of the Stockton & Darlington railway, the first passenger steam line in the world and learns how Essex’s enormous Chappel Viaduct was built.

Scotland’s Home of the Year (BBC Scotland/HD & BBC iPlayer only | 8:00pm to 8:30pm | Wednesday 24th June 2020)

In the Hebrides and Arran, the judges visit an art filled family home, a contemporary hillside build, and a New York loft style abode.

The Railway 24/7 (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 24th June 2020)

Commercial director Darren launches a new scheme to tackle passengers not paying for tickets with on-the-spot fines and penalties. Meanwhile, passengers raise the alarm about an abandoned black rucksack on the Huddersfield to Manchester route, and in the maintenance depot, Carl and Steve are replacing a five-tonne bogie, the structure that connects the wheels to the carriages.

Building Britain’s Canals (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:30pm | Thursday 25th June 2020)

Writer and historian Dan Jones navigates Britain’s longest canal to be built by just one company, the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Built to link the economically booming counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire, this 19th-century superhighway was experimental for the time, and made Liverpool the busiest port in the world. In Burnley, the cotton capital of the 19th century, Dan visits the world’s only steam-powered cotton mill, where enough cloth was woven each year to reach to the moon and back two-and-a-half times.

All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.

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6 June 2020

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Off the Tracks: Inside Central Station (BBC Scotland/HD & BBC iPlayer only | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Sunday 7th June 2020)

A train disruption causes travel chaos for football fans, and the concourse becomes a stage for fans of the Proclaimers to pay tribute to their heroes.

The Architecture The Railways Built (Yesterday | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Tuesday 9th June 2020)

Tim Dunn rides up Mount Snowdon’s railway to visit the summit station, and discovers how a glass structure envelopes Strasbourg’s 19th-century station.

Scotland’s Home of the Year (BBC Scotland/HD & BBC iPlayer only | 8:00pm to 8:30pm | Wednesday 10th June 2020)

In the Lothians and the East of Scotland, the judges visit a glass-fronted home, a country cottage, and a stunning Georgian townhouse.

The Railway 24/7 (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 10th June 2020)

Documentary series offering a behind the scenes look at life working at TransPennine Express, from control room to maintenance depot, and drivers to cleaners. In the first episode, a derailed train threatens to bring the network to a halt during the busiest time of the year. Meanwhile at HQ, the bosses decide to bring in a new timetable which sees hundreds of services scrapped.

Inside the Steam Train Museum (Channel 5/HD | 7:00pm to 8:00pm | Thursday 11th June 2020)

Phil and Stuart go to huge efforts decorating the site with home-made pumpkin-scarecrows, graveyards and mummies in preparation for Halloween. Brian cooks breakfast on a shovel for the engine drivers and John tells ghost stories from the fairground. As the event gets under way, the museum’s enthusiastic volunteers dress up in costume to scare the public on the ghost train, while retired minister David entertains the passengers on the journey.

The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys (Channel 5/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Friday 12th June 2020)

A 600-mile journey through one of the most world’s most northern countries – Finland – from Helsinki in the south to Kemijärvi in Finnish Lapland. The line whisks passengers through the thickest of forests, past vast frozen lakes 63 times the size of Lake Windermere and to station stops where time has stood still. As the train enters the Arctic Circle, it calls at Rovaniemi, a place destroyed by German soldiers at the end of the Second World War. Now the town has been re-built, famously in the shape of a reindeer, serving as the official home of Santa Claus. Narrated by Bill Nighy.

All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.

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