The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway

The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway is the title of a British TV documentary series about the construction of a section of the Crossrail railway line which tunnels beneath central London. The first series was produced by Windfall Films and released in the UK in July 2014.[1][2][3]

The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway
GenreFactual
Narrated byJulian Barratt
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes7
Production
Executive producer(s)Carlo Massarella
Producer(s)Lee Reading
Release
Original network
Picture format16:9 1080i
Audio formatStereo
Original release16 July 2014 (2014-07-16) 
20 February 2019 (2019-02-20)

It was aired by SBS in Australia, as London's Super Tunnel, commencing in November 2014.[4]

A second series started airing in May 2017.[5]

A third series aired in February 2019.[6]

Episodes

Series 1
Title Original airdate Episode
Urban Heart Surgery 16 July 2014 1
Tunnels Under The Thames 23 July 2014 2
Platform and Plague Pits 30 July 2014 3
Series 2
Title Original airdate Episode
The Final Countdown (Part 1) 22 May 2017 1
The Final Countdown (Part 2) 29 May 2017 2
Series 3
Title Original airdate Episode
Under Pressure, Over Budget (Part 1) 13 February 2019 1
Under Pressure, Over Budget (Part 2) 20 February 2019 2
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gollark: I can spy on visitors!
gollark: They're cool!
gollark: I'm not interested much in whatever you're saying, so I'm randomly saying stuff which I'm thinking about while reading these logs.
gollark: I am very easily bored.

References

  1. "The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway". Windfall Films. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  2. Release info: The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway at IMDb
  3. O'Donovan, Gerard. "The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway, BBC Two, review: 'curiously breathtaking'". Telegraph.co.uk.
  4. "The world's most complex underground railway construction is underway!". www.sbs.com.au. SBS - Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  5. Dowling, Tim (23 May 2017). "The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway review – like Top Gear for train fans". The Guardian. Archived 21 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Dowling, Tim (20 February 2019). "The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway review – digging into the Crossrail catastrophe". The Guardian. Archived 21 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine
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