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Derailed: The Story of HS2: Trailer

Kate Lamble investigates the extraordinary inside story of Britain's most ambitious and controversial rail project. Listen first on BBC Sounds from Monday 14 July 2025

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  The Trip: Introducing The Trip

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  The Trip: 1. Altered States

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  The Trip: 2. When the drugs take hold

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  The Trip: 3. Stranger things

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  The Trip: 4. Looking for a cure

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  The Trip: 5. Message in a bottle

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  The Trip: 6. Critical periods

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  The Trip: 7. Fascination and taboo

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  The Trip: 8. A tipping point?

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  The Trip: 9. Sacred plants for sale

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  The Trip: 10. Unknown unknowns

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  Derailed: The Story of HS2: 1. The Railwayman

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  Derailed: The Story of HS2: 2. Mutually assured exaggeration

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  Derailed: The Story of HS2: 3. That can’t be right

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  Derailed: The Story of HS2: 4. Well Done Geoffrey