List of episodes of the series «Secrets of the Transport Museum»

  • Seasons count: 2
  • Episodes count: 20
  • Total viewing time: 17 h. 10 m.
Frazer Nash
Release date: 3/30/2021

Frazer Nash

  • Episode number: 1
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    A historic Frazer Nash car must be fixed before a big race. Plus, the first car ever to go round the track is brought back to life but will the museum director pass her test in order to drive it? And a Harrier jump jet is feeling deflated.
Abbie Eaton
Release date: 4/6/2021

Abbie Eaton

  • Episode number: 2
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    A Delage V12 famous for early women’s records on the track returns to be driven by a modern‐day legend. Concorde’s wings need some urgent TLC. A Route Master is given a makeover. And two generations fix an extremely rare motorcycle.
Vintage Planes
Release date: 4/13/2021

Vintage Planes

  • Episode number: 3
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    There’s a battle against the elements for vintage aircraft to grace the skies of Brooklands once again. A rare Triumph motorcycle is rescued from a barn and brought back to life. And a wooden car is being eaten alive by woodworm.
Formula E Car
Release date: 4/20/2021

Formula E Car

  • Episode number: 4
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    An F1 racer goes on a perilous journey and there’s a new addition to the exhibit – a Formula E car. It takes teamwork to fix the snapped gearstick on the Railton Terraplane, and a dynamic duo tackle a dented wing in the Aero‐Minx.
87 Year Old Napier Railton
Release date: 4/27/2021

87 Year Old Napier Railton

  • Episode number: 5
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    A legendary racing car is put through its paces, when it meets an old rival. There’s an eight‐year mission to restore a Wellington Bomber and time is short for the team preparing to commemorate a devastating WWII bombing.
Concorde
Release date: 5/4/2021

Concorde

  • Episode number: 6
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    Brookland’s Concorde ‘Delta Golf’ has a makeover, in time for a visit from Concorde royalty. The race track’s old Finishing Straight plays host to Motoball, a WWI sport invented by bored dispatch riders. And three volunteers are determined to fix a neglected aerodrome fire engine in time for the parade.
Le Mans
Release date: 5/11/2021

Le Mans

  • Episode number: 7
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    A volunteer is tasked with waking a legendary Le Mans racer from its exhibit slumber. A decommissioned bomb proves a slippery customer, and can the experts bring to life the dormant engines of a transatlantic flyer?
Morris 8
Release date: 5/18/2021

Morris 8

  • Episode number: 8
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    Racing driver Billy Monger gives a fellow double amputee a driving lesson. Also, a mighty Morris 8 receives an engine overhaul, a Bentley Le Man’s seats are restored and a fire engine gets pumping for the first time in years.
100 Year Old Bike
Release date: 5/25/2021

100 Year Old Bike

  • Episode number: 9
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    An aviation obsessive recovers from a near fatal crash by testing one of his homemade planes; The legendary Napier-Railton has a service; some treasure is found in the museum tower, and a hundred‐year‐old push bike gets a wooden wheel built.
Barnes Wallis
Release date: 6/1/2021

Barnes Wallis

  • Episode number: 10
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    A Barnes Wallis catapult is fixed by volunteers, but will they be able to bounce bombs on water like the dambusters? A Triumph car is put through its paces in a road test. And a classic motorbike requires more than just a push start.