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Anita Rani, Ade Adepitan, Ant Anstead and Dan Snow try commuting New York-style, joining 5.5 million commuters on the iconic Staten Island ferry, the subway and citibikes.

The first part of this three-part series revealing the astonishing daily systems that allow America's biggest and busiest city to function. Anita Rani, Ade Adepitan, Ant Anstead and Dan Snow are in New York. From their base at Grand Central Terminal, they reveal the behind-the-scenes operations responsible for keeping the world's biggest railway terminal running to schedule.

In this opening episode, Anita, Ade and Ant try commuting New York style, joining 5.5 million commuters on the iconic Staten Island ferry, the subway and citibikes - the latest addition to the transport network.

Ant heads ten storeys down to visit the USA's biggest transport project, the East Side Access, and gets a privileged first glimpse of the new station beneath Grand Central. Ade takes a ride in a yellow cab and discovers that a taxi licence can cost up to $1 million. And today, this business model is under threat from taxi apps like Uber.

Dan Snow heads to Times Square, New York's most-visited place, to discover how the 230 LED advertising hoardings are maintained.

And we reveal the secret world of lost property at the terminal, where 3,000 items, from phones to seven-foot long canoes, are handed in every month.

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Wed 21 Aug 2024 16:15

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Music Played

  • Miles Davis

    All Blues

  • Vampire Weekend

    A-Punk

  • Fischerspooner

    Emerge

  • LCD Soundsystem

    All My Friends

  • Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra, Duke Ellington, Ray Nance

    Take The "A" Train (1986 Remastered)

  • Holy Ghost!

    Dumb Disco Ideas

  • Charles Mingus

    Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

  • Vampire Weekend

    Campus

  • Public Access T.V.

    In The Mirror

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Anita Rani
Presenter Ant Anstead
Presenter Ade Adepitan
Presenter Dan Snow
Executive Producer Lisa Ausden
Series Producer Amanda Lyon
Producer Michael Rees
Director James Pearson
Production Manager Nym Velji
Production Coordinator Louisa Reid

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