Paul Merton's Secret Stations (2016)
Synopsis
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.
First Air Date: 2016-05-01
Last Air Date: 2016-05-15
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 3
Networks: Channel 4
Top Cast
- Paul Merton as Self - Presenter
Seasons
Season 1 (2016)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Scottish Highlands, Cumbria, Pembrokeshire & Cornwall
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.
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Ep. 2: Beasdale, Bristol & Pontarddulais
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.
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Ep. 3: Pembrokeshire, Manchester & Corrour
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.
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