S02 Episode 1
Scotland: A Magical Journey Through the Highlands
A trip beginning in Inverness and soon passing Culloden, the site of the last pitched battle on British soil. It then enters the Cairngorms National Park, home to some of Europe's finest landscapes as well as valleys steeped in Gaelic folklore. The park's station at Aviemore is home to the Strathspey Railway, where Victorian steam locomotives come to life. There is then a climb to the highest point on Britain's railway network before the train winds its way through Fife. Eventually the route crosses the Forth Bridge before arriving in Scottish capital Edinburgh, admired for its architecture and annual arts festival.
44 mins · Fri, 1 May 2020
S02 Episode 1
Scotland: A Magical Journey Through the Highlands
Bill embarks on a trip on board the countryside route. He explores the sights from Inverness to Edinburgh.
43 mins · Fri, 1 May 2020
S02 Episode 2
African Safari
A 500-mile journey across South Africa in a luxury hotel train, which travels between Pretoria and Durban on the coast over the course of three days.
44 mins · Fri, 15 May 2020
S02 Episode 2
African Safari
A ride on Novos Rail's luxury train that meanders at a leisurely pace from Pretoria to Durban in South Africa.
43 mins · Fri, 15 May 2020
S02 Episode 3
Mexico
Beginning in the mountaintop town of Creel, the Chihuahua Pacifico Express - or El Chepe for short - winds its way through the Tarahumara Mountains, home to the reclusive Raramuri people. Divisadero, Mexico's most panoramic station, offers the first glimpse of Copper Canyon. Created by six separate yet conjoined gorges, it is four times the size of the Grand Canyon. The train continues on to the Urique Canyon, which at 6,200ft deep it is the deepest in North America. The final leg crosses the state of Sinaloa, Mexico's breadbasket, before reaching Los Mochis and the gateway to the Pacific Ocean.
44 mins · Fri, 22 May 2020
S02 Episode 3
Mexico
A journey along the El Chepe, which follows miles of spectacular scenery as it winds its way through the Copper Canyon.
43 mins · Fri, 22 May 2020
S02 Episode 4
France - La Ligne de Cevenne
The 200-mile Ligne de Cévennes, which travels northwards through the Massif Central to France's volcanic heart - Clermont Ferrand and the spectacular Puy De Dome. The route takes travellers across three incredible historic viaducts, plunges deep underground to explore the area's hidden wildlife and traverses through several impressive valleys. The route winds through one of the world's most spectacular national parks, before reaching its final destination, a collection of 80 dormant volcanoes.
44 mins · Fri, 29 May 2020
S02 Episode 4
France
Bill Nighy narrates an epic train journey through stunning scenery with a 322km rail journey through a beautiful area of France.
43 mins · Fri, 29 May 2020
S02 Episode 5
New Zealand
New Zealand's Northern Explorer, the longest-running passenger service in the country. The train travels 423 miles along the historic North Island Main Trunk Line on a 12-hour voyage and the journey takes travellers through some of the most astonishing landscapes of the southern hemisphere from volcanoes to coast and from lava fields to unspoilt islands. Historians explain the history of the railway and tell the tale of the terrible tragedy at Tangiwai, when over 150 people were killed by a volcanic mudflow that hit the train.
44 mins · Mon, 8 Jun 2020
S02 Episode 6
Finland
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.
44 mins · Fri, 12 Jun 2020
S02 Episode 6
Finland
Bill embarks on a 966km-long journey through Finland, from Helsinki to Lapland and the Northern Lights.
43 mins · Fri, 12 Jun 2020
S02 Episode 7
Sri Lanka
A train journey across Sri Lanka along one of the world's best-preserved Victorian railways. The trip begins in the coastal city of Colombo and moves on to the country's cultural and spiritual heart in Kandy. The journey continues through a a very English town that produces some of the world's finest teas, coming to a stop at a hill station surrounded by tropical forests close to one of the world's most spectacular viaducts - the Nine Arch Bridge.
44 mins · Fri, 19 Jun 2020
S02 Episode 7
Sri Lanka
Beginning in the coastal city of Colombo, the train soon leaves the bustling metropolis far behind as it heads high into the heart of Sri Lanka, to one of the most spectacular viaducts in the world, the Nine Arch Bridge.
43 mins · Fri, 19 Jun 2020
