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Paul Merton's Secret Stations

Paul Merton's Secret Stations

2016•47m
Documentary

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.

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Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

May 1, 2016

Last Aired

May 15, 2016

Networks

Channel 4

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Scottish Highlands, Cumbria, Pembrokeshire & Cornwall
E1
Scottish Highlands, Cumbria, Pembrokeshire & Cornwall
Air date: 2016-05-01
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.
Beasdale, Bristol & Pontarddulais
E2
Beasdale, Bristol & Pontarddulais
Air date: 2016-05-08
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.
Pembrokeshire, Manchester & Corrour
E3
Pembrokeshire, Manchester & Corrour
Air date: 2016-05-15
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.

Cast

Paul Merton

Paul Merton

Self - Presenter

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