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Great British Railway Journeys

7.4 IMDb tt1578652 2010 Documentary

Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what of Bradshaw's Britain remains.

Cast

Michael Portillo

Episodes 20

Liverpool to Eccles

Liverpool to Eccles 30m Ep1: Liverpool to Eccles. Michael begins his journey on the world's first passenger railway line, learns to speak…

Manchester to Bury

Manchester to Bury 30m Michael is in Manchester to find out more about George Bradshaw himself. He also gets fitted for a…

Todmorden to York

Todmorden to York 30m Michael travels back in time on the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway, finds out about the latest…

$Pontefract to Bridlington$ 4

Pontefract to Bridlington 30m Michael searches for the last liquorice grower in Pontefract, discovers how the railways turned Hull into one of…

Filey to Scarborough

Filey to Scarborough 30m Michael goes bird-watching on the wild cliffs of Flamborough Head, learns to decipher traditional knitting patterns in Filey…

Preston to Morecambe

Preston to Morecambe 30m Michael explores the origins of the temperance movement in Preston, samples the attractions of Blackpool, a resort made…

Settle to Garsdale

Settle to Garsdale 30m Michael returns to the historic Settle-Carlisle line to find out what has happened to it since he helped…

Windermere to Kendal

Windermere to Kendal 30m Michael takes a steamboat tour of Lake Windermere, visits Wordsworth's home village of Grasmere and makes sausages with…

Carlisle to Glasgow

Carlisle to Glasgow 30m Michael meets the wild clansmen of Carlisle, the Border Reivers, witnesses a wedding in Gretna Green and visits…

Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy

Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy 30m Michael makes apple juice in the Clyde valley orchards, pays a thrilling visit to the top of the…

Swindon to Bristol

Swindon to Bristol 30m Michael finds out about free holiday trains for the GWR workers in Swindon, samples the Spa in Bath,…

Yatton to Weston Super Mare

Yatton to Weston Super Mare 30m Michael samples local Cheddar strawberries, explores Cheddar Gorge and the famous caves, and visits one of the oldest…

Torquay to Totnes

Torquay to Totnes 30m Michael finds out about Torquay's micro climate, goes salmon fishing on the Dart estuary and spends some of…

Bugle to Mevagissey

Bugle to Mevagissey 30m Michael visits the largest clay mine in the world near St Austell, goes pilchard fishing in Mevagissey and…

Truro to Penzance

Truro to Penzance 30m Michael searches for the lost church of St Piran, explores the last working tin mine in Cornwall and…

Buxton to Matlock

Buxton to Matlock 30m Michael visits an architectural wonder, the Duke of Devonshire's stables in Buxton, helps to repair the ancient peat…

Cromford to Burton-on-Trent

Cromford to Burton-on-Trent 30m Michael visits the oldest working factory in the world at Cromford, explores the country's first public park in…

Walsall to Bournville

Walsall to Bournville 30m Michael meets the queen's saddler in Walsall, learns how to cook an authentic Indian curry in Birmingham and…

Coventry to Watford

Coventry to Watford 30m Michael relives the Coventry Blitz, meets the last pure breed Aylesbury duck farmer in Buckinghamshire and finds out…

St Pancras to Westminster

St Pancras to Westminster 30m Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. In a series…

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