Paul Merton's Secret Stations: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

More than 150 of Britain's railway stations are request stops. You have to put out your arm to get the train to stop at the platform. In this series, Paul Merton travels around the country by train, only getting off at request stops. Paul hops on and off at a variety of different request stops to tell the story of why they are there, and who uses them. Meeting railways experts and enthusiasts, he explores the history of the stations and learns more about life in and around the stops.

Series details

• Title: Paul Merton's Secret Stations
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Travel
• Premiere date: 2016-05-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-05-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Channel 4
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 16229
• TVDB ID: 311080

Cast and credited roles

• Paul Merton — Presenter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-05-01; final listed air date 2016-05-15; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from Paul Merton's Secret Stations on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.