A one-off rail-themed programme fronted by Ian Hislop brought in BBC Four's second best ever ratings on Thursday night. Other programmes in the channel's rail-themed evening also pulled in impressive ...

Prepare to crank those amps up to eleven.

Ian Hislop brings his customary humour, analysis and wit to the notorious Beeching Report of 1963, which led to the closure of a third of the nation's railway lines and stations and forced tens of ...