Mind The Gap: Tube 160

Mind The Gap: Tube 160

Join host Tim Dunn on a journey into the amazing underground world of the London Tube! For 160 years the London Underground has been part of the fabric of life in the capital. Tim travels to Tube stations across London, along his way meeting guests including tv and radio presenter Rylan, writer, DJ and Night Czar Amy Lamé and designer Wayne Hemingway and hears stories of their passion and love for the world’s oldest underground network. An official podcast from Transport for London.

Episodes

December 22, 2023 28 mins
Join TV Presenter and Broadcaster Rylan on the ultimate Christmas commute! Tim Dunn gets special permission to take Rylan on a ride in the driver’s cab on a Central line Train, all the way from Oxford Circus to Epping. You may not know, but Rylan is a self-confessed Tube obsessive, and cannot hold back his excitement. He tells Tim about how he fell in love with the Tube in his childhood, the Tube station he's built in his garage, w...
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Like the Tube itself, Amy Lamé is a London icon and legend - and she asks Tim to meet her at one of London’s busiest stations for nightlife, Tottenham Court Road, to talk about her role with the Mayor of London as ‘Night Czar’. What does that mean - and how important has the night tube been for London’s communities and businesses, including Amy’s famous club nights? For 160 years, the London Underground has been connecting people a...
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All aboard the newly refurbished Central line trains! Join Tim Dunn as he catches an exclusive first-ever ride to see the results of the biggest upgrade programme in the Tube’s history. Joining him is special guest Paul Marchant, the man behind the Central line’s new seating fabric and fascinating patterns (know as the moquette). That’s just one small part of an enormous programme of investment and upgrades on the Central line, tha...
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In this first episode, Tim Dunn navigates the many tunnels and architectural wonders of Bank station during a chat with the ‘Tubemapper’ Luke Agbaimoni, the man whose passion for taking photos on the Underground is propelling him to capture images of every station on the Tube map. After a quick trip on the Central line to Shepherd’s Bush station, Tim then sits down with world famous designer Wayne Hemingway, who created the London ...
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December 18, 2023 1 min
Take an incredible journey Underground with host Tim Dunn, as he explores the amazing world of the London Tube, to celebrate its 160th Anniversary. Travelling to stations across the capital, Tim meets guests including Rylan Clark, Amy Lamé, Wayne Hemingway and designers and engineers from TfL, who reveal the passion, love, and incredible stories behind the world’s oldest underground network
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