Amazing Railway Adventures with Nick Knowles

1. Mexico

Air Date: 2023-03-10

In Mexico, Nick travels from Los Mochis in Sinaloa to Creel in Chihuahua, witnessing astonishing feats of railway engineering and breathtaking landscapes.

2. Norway

Air Date: 2023-03-17

Travelling north from Trondheim, Nick stays for a night on the River Namsen, takes a helicopter ride, meets a reindeer herder and goes swimming in near freezing sea.

3. Vietnam

Air Date: 2023-03-24

From the misty mountains of Sa Pa to the jamppacked city of Hanoi with its five million scooters, Nick discovers a Vietnam of newfound prosperity that is developing fast and thriving.

4. Malaysia

Air Date: 2023-03-31

Over the course of three train journeys, Nick visits Malaysia, a country of contrasts. It is a land of advanced technology, rural simplicity, megacities, virgin rainforest and many different cultures.

5. Alaska

Air Date: 2023-04-07

Nick's journey begins at dawn in snowy Anchorage and takes in the Matanuska Glacier.

6. Peru

Air Date: 2023-04-14

Nick travels by rail through the extraordinary Andes Mountains to Machu Picchu, Peru.

1. Prague to Budapest

Air Date: 2023-09-22

Nick kicks off a new series, taking in three capitals: Prague in the Czech Republic, Bratislava in Slovakia, and Budapest in Hungary, with a climb and a cruise.

2. Italy

Air Date: 2023-09-29

Nick names this trip "The Volcano Express". He travels from Mount Vesuvius to Mount Etna on a journey from Naples to Sicily, where a gyrocopter trip goes wrong.

3. Romania

Air Date: 2023-10-06

The presenter tours Romania, undertaking a journey he calls 'The Transylvania Express'. He begins in Cluj-Napoca, taking a train to the disused salt mine of Salina Turda, where the vast underground cavern has surprising new uses. Nick also pays a visit to Romania's top tourist attraction, Bran Castle, the inspiration behind Bram Stoker's classic novel, Dracula.

4. Morocco

Air Date: 2024-03-10

In Morocco, Nick explores the old medina in capital Rabat; the city of Salé, where he finds out about its piratical past; and takes a tranquil dawn balloon flight.

5. Slovenia and Croatia

Air Date: 2024-03-17