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The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway

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]

The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway
GenreFactual
Narrated byJulian Barratt
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes9
Production
Executive producerCarlo Massarella
ProducerLee Reading
Original release
Network
Release16 July 2014 (2014-07-16) –
19 June 2022 (2022-06-19)

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

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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

References

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  1. ^ "The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway". Windfall Films. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  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 from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  6. ^ Dowling, Tim (20 February 2019). "The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway review – digging into the Crossrail catastrophe". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  7. ^ Singh, Anita (12 June 2022). "The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway: Inside the Elizabeth Line, review: a dull journey". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
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