New York, America's Busiest City: Anita Rani, Ade Adepitan, and Ant Antstead head to Grand Central Terminal on BBC2

Three-part documentary series charts the hustle and bustle of the Big Apple
Anita Rani, Ade Adepitan, and Ant Antstead head to Grand Central Terminal in New York
BBC/Paul GaNun
Joni Blyth31 August 2016

The BBC lifts the curtain and takes us behind the scenes of America’s cultural capital, in New York: America's Busiest City.

Infrastructure might not sound like the most exciting topic, no matter how much your mate who works for TFL tries to tell you about the ‘magic’ of the underground, while commuters may even frown at the idea of watching a show about trains after staring at them every day.

That’s no reason to change the channel though.

This three-part series offers an eye-opening look into how the Big Apple deals with the millions of citizens, commuters and tourists it hosts every day.

In the first episode, Ade Adepitan, Anita Rani and co. head behind the scenes of the largest train station in the world, the well-named Grand Central Terminal.

This 103 year-old mecca for choo-choo enthusiasts sits proudly as the largest train station in the world, and opens its doors for upwards of one million people a day.

Filmed ‘as live’, to maintain that busy feel that commuters know and love, the presenters test out the ferries, bikes and trains that 5.5 million commuters are using every day.

This episode also takes a timely look into how taxi apps like Uber are affecting the classic yellow cab business, as Ade hails a ride like a true New Yorker.

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Dan Snow heads to Times Square to figure out who looks after ‘The Great White Way’ – I know I wouldn’t want to foot the power bill for 230 LED billboards, 24 hours a day.

In later episodes the team will get a glimpse into the underground world of New York seafood, as well as investigating the environmental program turning one of the world’s biggest landfills into 2,200 acres of parkland.

If there’s one thing New York: America’s Busiest City really gets right, it’s portraying the hustle and bustle of the city that never sleeps – with none of the jet lag.

BBC Two, 9pm

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