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Ian Hislop Goes off the Rails

Ian Hislop Goes off the Rails

Ian Hislop looks at the 1963 Beeching Report, which closed a third of the UK's railways.

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Ian Hislop takes a look at the notorious Beeching Report of 1963, which led to the closure of a third of the nation's railway lines and forced thousands of people onto the road.

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