Great British Railway Journeys

  • Premiered: Jan 2010
  • Episodes: 285
  • Followers: 9
  • Running
  • BBC Two
  • Monday at 18
  • Documentary Travel

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Season 14
14x1
Preston to Rawtenstall
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Jun 19, 2023
Michael Portillo explores the Britain of his youth, starting at Preston's Fulwood Barracks and heading to Bury Bolton Street Station in Greater Manchester.
14x2
Urmston to New Islington
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Jun 20, 2023
Michael Portillo's railway journey reaches Greater Manchester, where he celebrates new beginnings for the nation in the years after the Second World War. At Trafford General Hospital, he .. show full overview
14x3
Oldham to Wakefield
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Jun 21, 2023
Michael Portillo travels by tram to the former cotton town of Oldham on the edge of the Peak District. Here he visits Oldham Coliseum, the town's Victorian repertory theatre, and hears .. show full overview
14x4
Wakefield to Leeds
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Jun 22, 2023
In Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Michael Portillo visits the National Coal Mining Museum for England at Caphouse Colliery. In Leeds, he heads for the Chapeltown area to investigate the .. show full overview
14x5
Bradford to Hebden Bridge
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Jun 23, 2023
Michael Portillo continues his post-war exploration of northwest England in Bradford, Shipley and Hebden Bridge. In Bradford's Centenary Square, he encounters local literary giant, JB .. show full overview
14x6
Tilbury to Barbican
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Jun 26, 2023
Michael Portillo travels from London's Docklands to the Barbican, examining the story of the arrival at Tilbury in 1948 of the Empire Windrush, which brought more than a thousand .. show full overview
14x7
Waterloo to Regent's Park
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Jun 27, 2023
Michael Portillo visits several of London's most famous locations, beginning on the South Bank, where the 1951 Festival of Britain drew more than eight and a half million visitors to .. show full overview
14x8
Paddington to Ongar
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Jun 28, 2023
Michael Portillo ventures deep underground onto London's newest railway - the Elizabeth Line - enjoying a smooth ride from Paddington to Tottenham Court Road. Emerging into the sunshine .. show full overview
14x9
Felixstowe to Norwich
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Jun 29, 2023
Michael Portillo begins the latest leg on the seafront at Felixstowe, where in January 1953 the town was engulfed in the worst flooding to hit England in the 20th century. In Norwich, he .. show full overview
14x10
Brandon to Cambridge
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Jun 30, 2023
At RAF Lakenheath, Michael Portillo discovers a slice of America dropped into the British countryside. In the market town of Brandon on the border between Norfolk and Suffolk, he visits .. show full overview
14x11
Derby to Hinckley
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Jul 17, 2023
Michael Portillo explores the postwar Britain of his youth on a railway journey from the Midlands to the West Country, beginning in the city of Derby.
14x12
Coventry to Leamington Spa
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Jul 18, 2023
In Coventry, Michael recalls the destruction by the Luftwaffe of the city’s Gothic cathedral in November 1940, before heading to Leamington Spa to visit the Guide Dogs for the Blind National Centre.
14x13
Long Itchington to Moseley
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Jul 19, 2023
Michael Portillo’s railway journey reaches the heart of the Warwickshire countryside, where work is underway the biggest project of new railway infrastructure in Britain for a hundred years: HS2.
14x14
Wolverhampton to Cheltenham
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Jul 20, 2023
At the African and Caribbean Heritage Centre in Wolverhampton, Michael finds out about the impact of Enoch Powell's 1968 speech on immigration in Wolverhampton and across the nation.
14x15 Season finale
Tewkesbury to Filton
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Jul 21, 2023
Michael visits the fairytale castle of Eastnor, at the foot of the Malvern Hills, before heading to the Severn Estuary and Filton, the centre of Britain's postwar aviation industry.

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