PBS America (Freeview) Saturday

Historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn relive the golden age of steam as they explore how the Victorian railways created modern Britain

Peter Ginn and Alex Langlands work as navvies, who built the railway tracks in all conditions, and Ruth Goodman finds out what impact the railroads had on the cottage industries

How the railways transformed the British diet, with the mass transportation of livestock giving birth to the British roast. Plus, how rail helped transformed the fortunes of Whitby

The historians take a trip on the Flying Scotsman, arguably the most famous locomotive in the world, and explore how the railways revolutionised communication

In the summer of 1944, war-torn France reaches a crisis point. At its heart lies Paris - a symbol of liberty and democracy on the brink of collapse after years of Nazi occupation

When the US Air Force develops a new 'wonder' bomber, they want a base close to Japan to launch their raids. Marines are tasked with taking the enemies' prized island of Iwo Jima

Hitler's Nazi empire is in ruins, but there is still a city to take before the allies can declare victory. But as they close in on Berlin, questions about the post-war world emerge

As relentless firebombing and blockade of war-ravaged Japan shows no sign of securing a surrender, the US reluctantly prepares to invade

Two years after Japan's audacious attack on Pearl Harbour, America's great war machine now has them on the back foot. The US Navy devise a way to end the war