Trainspotting Live

Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways

January 2025 •English

Walk the Line

January 2025 •English

Barra Best sets out to uncover and explore some of Northern Ireland's lost railways.

Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

January 2025 •English

Restoration experts restore iconic rail carriages back to their former glory

Ancient Egypt by Train with Alice Roberts

January 2025 •English

Professor Alice Roberts gets exclusive access to some of the most recently uncovered archaeology in Egypt as she travels the country by train.

Midsummer Live

January 2025 •English

Join Dougie Vipond and Ellie Harrison live on Lewis on the longest day of the year.

Airport Live

January 2025 •English

Live series revealing the untold story of how Heathrow Airport is run.

Arctic Live

January 2025 •English

Gordon Buchanan, Kate Humble and Simon Reeve head north to follow the remarkable story of polar bears and the Arctic.

Hippo: Wild Feast Live

January 2025 •English

Hippo: Wild Feast Live brings you an amazing insight into the rarely-seen world of nature's food chain...LIVE! Bringing the food chain to life, this live experiment allows you to watch as an entire ecological system emerges around the enormous Hippo carcass. Streamed 24/7 using a host of cutting edge technology, we'll present the food chain in action live as the wild animals of Africa come to feast.

Live from Space

January 2025 •English

Being an astronaut is the most dangerous and extraordinary job there is. But what's life really like in microgravity? This March, Channel 4 will boldly go to space with a groundbreaking new season, Live from Space. We'll meet the astronauts on-board the International Space Station, visit NASA and see Earth from Space.

The Railway: Keeping Britain On Track

January 2025 •English

Documentary series revealing the inner workings of Britain's railways, introducing the track-workers, train guards, drivers, police officers and management teams determined to keep the country moving.

Great Continental Railway Journeys

January 2025 •English

Michael Portillo travels on the great train routes of Europe, as he retraces the journeys featured in George Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide.

En train à travers la Suisse

January 2025 •French

Coastal Railways with Julie Walters

January 2025 •English

Actor Julie Walters rides upon the UK's most beautiful coastal railways.

The Flying Scotsman

January 2025 •English

The Flying Scotsman has broken records and starred in movies.

The 800 Million Pound Railway Station

January 2025 •English

Series telling the story of the architects, engineers and spin doctors who entered a frantic two year race to make the Royal Opening of St Pancras on time.

Railways: The Making of a Nation

January 2025 •English

Historian Liz McIvor explores how Britain's expanding rail network was the spark to a social revolution, starting in the 1800s and continuing through to modern times.

Welsh Railways

January 2025 •English

Documentary series about the resurgence of steam power on the Welsh railways, including the ambitious Welsh Highland Railway in Snowdonia.

World's Busiest Railway

January 2025 •English

From the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai, Dan Snow, Anita Rani and Robert Llewellyn explore the science behind the world's busiest railway. With John Sergeant reporting from across India.

Paul Merton's Secret Stations

January 2025 •English

More than 150 of Britain’s railway stations are request stops. You have to put out your arm to get the train to stop at the platform. In this series, Paul Merton will travel around the country by train, only getting off at request stops. He’ll explore the history of the stations, and meet the people who live and work around them to learn more about at these unusual and often-overlooked stations.

Mighty Trains

January 2025 •English

A journey riding the rails around the world, from the locomotive to rail traffic control to the maintenance depot.