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Starring | Miles Kington |
Theme music composer | Roger Limb |
Opening theme | Steam Days Opening Theme |
Ending theme | Steam Days Ending Theme |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of episodes | 6 |
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Executive producer(s) | Neil Cameron Peter Walton |
Running time | 30 min |
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Original network | BBC Two |
Picture format | 4:3 |
Original release | 8 July – 12 August 1986 |
Steam Days is a 1986 BBC 2 television documentary series written and presented by Miles Kington. Each episode is themed around the history of British steam locomotives and railways, particularly highlighting preserved locomotives operating at the time of its filming. The series consists of six half-hour episodes. It aired on Public Television stations in the United States under the title Great Steam Trains. Two episodes, "Going Great Western" and "The Fishing Line" are available to watch on the BBC Archive website. The whole series has subsequently become available to watch on the BBC iPlayer.
Despite a third release was advertised on the end of the second release, it was never released.