Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys is a Documentary programme.

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Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys: Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys - Somme Special

Series 6, episode 1

Directed by (unconfirmed)
Paul Kittel

The broadcaster travels across Europe to examine the train's role in the First World War. In Northumberland, he enjoys a ride on a preserved locomotive to find out how important the railways were to Britain for mobilisation of troops and the operation of large training camps around the country. Aboard a holiday train commandeered to transport troops and ammunition, Chris tells the stories of two opposing soldiers, one English and one German, who both took trains to the Somme in 1916

Cast (unconfirmed)

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Paul Kittel
Hugh Whitworth
Melanie Darlaston