Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Age of Steam was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life from trade & transportation to health & recreation This series will reveal how the world we live in today was entirely shaped by the railways charting the glorious evolution of the rail transportation & how it left its mark on every aspect of our life landscape & culture Each episode we hop aboard an old-fashioned locomotive & set off down the line to a new part of the country with our team of experts (the established stars of the BBC Two Farm series Peter Ginn Alex Langlands & Ruth Goodman) who will immerse themselves in the story of how the railways made us what we are today They also get their hands dirty driving the train across the country working in the station manning the signal box & learning how to run every aspect of a 19th & early 20th century railway This is a trip not to be missed