Season 1 (2009)
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Episodes 15
The unfinished Northern line
This is the story of a town-planning cock-up known as the Northern Heights Plan which, if completed, would have meant miles of extra houses and tube stations to the North West of London.
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London's unfinished motorways
In the 70s, an ambitious road-building project called 'Ringways' was cancelled and London narrowly escaped a fate much worse than traffic jams.
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Why does London have so many airports?
London has the most airpots of any city, but why Is that?
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Why does Heathrow need to expand?
Is Heathrow behind the modern standard for airports? And, what can It do to catch up?
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Why isn't cycling normal in London?
Why don't people cycle In London? Let's find out
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Why drivers should want cycle lanes
Why cycle lanes are beneficial for London and Its drivers
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What happened to London's trams?
London used to have the biggest tram network In Europe, so, what happened to It?
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Where does London stop?
Why Is London the shape It Is Today? And where does It End
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Why does London have 32 boroughs?
Why does London have so many boroughs and does It need them?
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What's wrong with London's boroughs?
What Is a borough and how can you tell which one you're In
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What happened to Old London Bridge?
Where Is London Bridge really located
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Tower Bridge could have looked very different
How come Tower Bridge turned out the way It did
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Why are there no bridges in East London?
Why are all the bridges In London In the West and none In the East
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The Tube Map nearly looked very different
How did the tube map come to look the way It does today
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What went wrong with the Tube Map?
Why has the quality of the Tube Map decreased so much?
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