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''God's Wonderful Railway'' was a BBC children's drama series of 8 episodes, first broadcast in 1980. Written by Avril Rowlands, it was set specifically on the Severn Valley Railway and filmed almost entirely on location on the railwayduring 1979<ref>SVR News 51, article by Avril Rowlands</ref>.

The series was divided into three stories, set in different time periods in the history of the railway, through the eyes of a fictional railway family. In each story the main protagonist is a boy in his early to mid teens, who then reappears as an adult in the following story.  The first story (two episodes) is set during the construction of the line, and its main character is Robbie Grant, a boy who has been brought to the valley because his father is working on the railway as a navvy. In Although the Grant family was fictional, the story included characters such as [[John Fowler | Sir John Fowler]] and [[Henry Orlando Bridgeman]] who were involved in the building of the real Severn Valley Railway. The second story, (three episodes) is set in the Edwardian era, when the now-elderly Robbie is the signalman at [[Highley]], and his grandson George is about to start work as a porter at the station.  In the final story(three episodes), set in 1939, George is Station Master at [[Arley]]; his son Andy has to deal with an evacuee from Birmingham billeted with the family, and becomes suspicious that a spy is trying to destroy [[Borle Viaduct]].