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Episode 6: Barrow Hill

Summary

Tim explores the last working roundhouse in the UK, Barrow Hill in Derbyshire. Tim also visits Bath, a city renowned for its Georgian architecture.

Review

Railway historian and fan Tim Dunn looks as if he’s about to enter the Temple of Dendur rather than an unprepossessing-looking railway shed in Derbyshire.

But this isn’t just any railway shed, it’s the last operating railway turntable in Britain containing a “little nest of engines… the real life version of Thomas the Tank Engine.” And Dunn is thrilled to bits.

He even gets to have a go working the turntable with an actual engine on it: “I could not be happier!” The shed, at Barrow Hill, was saved from demolition and restored after a massive, three-year fund-raising drive, spearheaded by one man, an enthusiast who couldn’t bear to see it disappear.

Dunn also visits Bath and its lovely, elevated Brunel-designed Bath Spa station, whose Jacobean design and architecture bucks the elegant Georgian symmetry of the rest of the city.

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2021-02-23
Languages
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SelfTim Dunn

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ComposerMatthew Slater

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  • Summary

    Tim explores the last working roundhouse in the UK, Barrow Hill in Derbyshire. Tim also visits Bath, a city renowned for its Georgian architecture.

    Review

    Railway historian and fan Tim Dunn looks as if he’s about to enter the Temple of Dendur rather than an unprepossessing-looking railway shed in Derbyshire.

    But this isn’t just any railway shed, it’s the last operating railway turntable in Britain containing a “little nest of engines… the real life version of Thomas the Tank Engine.” And Dunn is thrilled to bits.

    He even gets to have a go working the turntable with an actual engine on it: “I could not be happier!” The shed, at Barrow Hill, was saved from demolition and restored after a massive, three-year fund-raising drive, spearheaded by one man, an enthusiast who couldn’t bear to see it disappear.

    Dunn also visits Bath and its lovely, elevated Brunel-designed Bath Spa station, whose Jacobean design and architecture bucks the elegant Georgian symmetry of the rest of the city.

    How to watch

    Next showing

    There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming provider below.

    Streaming

    Details

    Released on
    2021-02-23
    Languages
    English
    Formats
    Colour

    Credits

    Cast

    rolename
    SelfTim Dunn

    Crew

    rolename
    ComposerMatthew Slater
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