Timewatch
Season 22 Episode 3 - Rocket and Its Rivals
6.9 ?
1982
Documentary
Stephenson's Rocket is famous because of the contest it won in 1829. Few realise it triumphed by default when its two rivals had to withdraw because of faulty parts. Using replica engines, Timewatch gives the rivals a second opportunity to beat The Rocket in a full-scale restaging of the Rainhill Trials. Throughout the event, the story of the world's first intercity railway is relayed.
Episodes in Season 22
1
White Slaves, Pirate Gold
50 min
2
Lost Cities of the Maya
50 min
3
Rocket and Its Rivals
50 min
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4
Ramesses III - Behind the Myth of a Pharaoh
50 min
5
1914: The War Revolution
50 min
6
Concorde: A Love Story
50 min
7
Zulu: The True Story
50 min
8
The Greatest Storm
50 min
9
The Last Tomb Raider
50 min
10
Mystery of the Missing Ace
50 min
11
Britain's Greatest Hoax
50 min
12
Gallipoli: The First D-Day
50 min
13
Through Hell for Hitler
50 min
