The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway Explained
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 4 |
| Num Episodes: | 9 |
| Genre: | Factual |
| Narrated: | Julian Barratt |
| Producer: | Lee Reading |
| Executive Producer: | Carlo Massarella |
The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway is 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] 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 in February 2019,[6] and a fourth and final series, covering the testing and snags in the eventual run-up to public opening, aired in June 2022.[7]
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 | |
Series 4!Title!Original airdate!Episode| Inside The Elizabeth Line (Part 1) | 12 June 2022 | 1 |
| Inside The Elizabeth Line (Part 2) | 19 June 2022 | 2 | |
Notes and References
- Web site: The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway. Windfall Films. 20 March 2024.
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3772482/releaseinfo Release info: The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway
- News: O'Donovan. Gerard. The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway, BBC Two, review: 'curiously breathtaking'. Telegraph.co.uk. en.
- Web site: The world's most complex underground railway construction is underway!. SBS - Special Broadcasting Service. www.sbs.com.au. 8 October 2018.
- News: Dowling. Tim. The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway review – like Top Gear for train fans. The Guardian. 23 May 2017. 26 May 2017. 21 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190221200951/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/may/23/the-fifteen-billion-pound-railway-the-final-countdown-review. dead.
- News: Dowling. Tim. The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway review – digging into the Crossrail catastrophe. The Guardian. 20 February 2019. 21 February 2019. 21 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190221200325/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/20/the-fifteen-billion-pound-railway-review-crossrail. dead.
- News: Singh. Anita. The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway: Inside the Elizabeth Line, review: a dull journey. The Telegraph. 12 June 2022. 13 June 2022. 13 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220613093524/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/fifteen-billion-pound-railway-inside-elizabeth-line-review-dull. dead.
