In a moving and often funny documentary, award-winning filmmaker Sean Langan is off to East Africa to ride the rails of the Tazara railroad, whose passenger and goods trains travel through spectacular scenery and a game park teeming with wild animals. The railway was built by the Chinese just after independence to link Zambia's copper belt to the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam, and once carried the region's hopes and dreams. But now it is in crisis. Every day there are derailments, trains running out of fuel and mechanical breakdowns. Langan meets the train crews, controllers and maintenance crews who battle to keep it going - and at Tazara HQ he is on the track of Tazara's elusive Chinese railway advisors to find out why it is in such a parlous state.

第一集 患难见真情 第二集 友谊筑丰碑

坦赞铁路，坦赞铁路，1970年代由中国、坦桑尼亚和赞比亚三国合作修建，它由东往西，贯穿坦、赞两国，全长1860.5公里，是一条非洲自由之路。时过40余年，坦赞铁路现状如何？我们和对铁路有浓厚兴趣的丹麦学者尼尔斯一起出发，穿越坦赞铁路，研究沿线的经济社会变迁，发掘不为人知的历史和现实……

摄影师托马斯·希顿（Thomas Heaton）沿着新建的中老铁路，踏上了一段史诗般的旅程。从文化交融的中国昆明出发，一直到充满活力的老挝首都万象，托马斯用镜头捕捉这片发展热土的时代脉搏和人文风情，探寻中老铁路给当地社会和跨境交流带来的深远影响。

Michael Portillo travels along the railway networks of Great Britain and Ireland, referring to a Victorian guidebook written by George Bradshaw as he describes how the destinations have changed.

迈克尔·波蒂略（Michael Portillo）沿着英国和爱尔兰的铁路网络旅行，在描述这些目的地的变化时，他参考了乔治·布拉德肖（George Bradshaw）所写的一本维多利亚时代的旅行指南。

Michael Portillo travels along the railway networks of Great Britain and Ireland, referring to a Victorian guidebook written by George Bradshaw as he describes how the destinations have changed.

Michael Portillo heads for the Last Frontier of the United States armed with his 1899 Appleton's Guidebook to Alaska.

大英铁路之旅是BBC出品的20集纪录片。片中，主人公迈克尔·波蒂略跟随维多利亚时期家喻户晓的布拉德肖旅行指南，乘坐英国铁路游览英国各地，探访每个地区的历史、文化、伟人、重要产业，高度还原了铁路沿线地区的全貌，探寻铁路是如何改变大英帝国的地形、工业、社会和娱乐方式。