The funnyman rides the rails of eastern Germany, where he finds himself in the cab of an unusual electric coal-transporting train and marvels at the ingenuity of the prisoners of Colditz. From there he takes a 'car on rails' made from a Trabant, dives underground into a silver mine by electric train, drives a huge 19th-century locomotive - his biggest steam train yet - and drives a modern tram in Dresden while taking in the rebuilt city's architecture.

Starring:

Paul Merton

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