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Paul Merton's Secret Stations

47min

Documentary

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.

Episodes

Cast

Season 1

Scottish Highlands, Cumbria, Pembrokeshire & Cornwall

1. Scottish Highlands, Cumbria, Pembrokeshire & Cornwall

47min

1st May 2016

Paul begins his tour in the Scottish Highlands and Cumbria, before heading to Pembrokeshire and a wishing well in Cornwall. There's also salmon farming, low-level nuclear waste and fell running.

Beasdale, Bristol & Pontarddulais

2. Beasdale, Bristol & Pontarddulais

47min

8th May 2016

Paul Merton visits more of Britain's railway request stops, including Beasdale, where the Special Operations Executive taught espionage in World War Two. And Pontarddulais - a Welsh wedding town.

Pembrokeshire, Manchester & Corrour

3. Pembrokeshire, Manchester & Corrour

47min

15th May 2016

Paul visits a training camp from World War I on the Pembrokeshire coast. There's a Manchester stop with only one train a week and the remote stop of Corrour on the West Highland Line.

First air date

1st May 2016

Last air date

15th May 2016

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

en

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