第一部分: Liverpool to Scarborough
英国铁路的火车是不是都是两三节车厢的?而且车里经常只有寥寥几人,不像我们这里,一般的火车拉的18节车厢通常都满载,有时候站票都买不上。。
第一集: Liverpool to Eccles.
Michael begins his journey on the world's first passenger railway line, learns to speak Scouse in Liverpool, finds out about the first railway fatality and explores the origins of the Eccles cake.
第二集:Manchester to Bury
Michael is in Manchester to find out more about George Bradshaw himself. He also gets fitted for a trilby in Denton and learns how the railways helped to create a national institution - fish and chips.
曼城——george bradshaw的出生地,棉花贸易时期的棉都,现在还能看见的铁质马路牙子就是那个时代的见证;古老的建筑:皇家交易所、市政厅,皮特兰街上的瓦特的新仓库大楼;重建的皮卡迪利车站不复古老,而是现代得像机场的候机楼;丹顿的呢帽制作工厂;去约翰赖兰斯大学图…