The Railway Children

Miniseries

1968 · 7 episodes · 2h 55m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. The Visitors

   12 May 1968 · 25 min

   During Peter’s birthday party, strangers arrive and take Father away. Mother says he has gone away on business - but when will he return and what will Mother and the children do?

2. 2

   2. The Coalminers

   19 May 1968 · 25 min

   Now living in their new home in the country, without their father, the children befriend Perks at the local railway station and go ‘coalmining’ at the station stores.

3. 3

   3. The Message

   26 May 1968 · 25 min

   Mother is taken ill and the children get a message of help to a kindly old gentleman on the train, who sends her a hamper.

4. 4

   4. The Foreign Gentleman

   2 Jun 1968 · 25 min

   Mother and the children come to the aid of a distressed Russian gentleman who arrives at the station and Bobbie learns the truth about her father.

5. 5

   5. The Secret

   9 Jun 1968 · 25 min

   Mother tells Bobbie she must keep her secret from the other children. Later, the children discover a fallen tree on the line as the express train is due.

6. 6

   6. The Rescue

   16 Jun 1968 · 25 min

   The children are rewarded by the railway company, and they soon need their courage again when a boy goes missing in the tunnel.

7. 7

   7. The Meeting

   23 Jun 1968 · 25 min

   The children save Jim from the tunnel and take him home to be looked after. A train arrives at the station bringing some good news.