Great British Railway Journeys

  • Premiered: Jan 2010
  • Episodes: 295
  • Followers: 9
  • Running
  • BBC Two
  • Monday at 18
  • Documentary Travel

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Season 16
16x1
Paddock Wood to Frant
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 07, 2025
Michael Portillo takes to the rails to explore one of Britain’s oldest surviving landscapes, the woods and pasture of the Weald in south east England.
16x2
Hildenborough to Robertsbridge
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 08, 2025
Michael Portillo’s rail exploration of the historic wooded region of south east England, known as the Weald, continues from Tonbridge, at the heart of the area's rail network.
16x3
Dorking to Lingfield
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 09, 2025
Michael Portillo’s railway tour of the Weald reaches the spectacular Surrey countryside, where he finds a surprising connection to the darker reaches of the universe.
16x4
Gatwick Airport to Royal Tunbridge Wells
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 10, 2025
Michael Portillo’s rail exploration of the spectacular countryside of the Weald in Surrey, Sussex and Kent continues - this time, aboard the Gatwick Express train.
16x5
Chichester to Amberley
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 11, 2025
Michael Portillo’s railway tour of the green and pleasant landscape between the North and South Downs, known as the Weald, nears its conclusion.
16x6
Windermere to Sellafield
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Air date
Apr 14, 2025
Michael Portillo begins a railway tour of the spectacular border counties of Cumbria and Dumfriesshire, starting in the stunning Lake District National Park.
16x7
St Bees to Grange-over-Sands
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Air date
Apr 15, 2025
Michael Portillo’s railway tour continues as he travels along the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line. He visits an iron ore mine turned into an arts centre and discovers the cradle of Quakerism.
16x8
Maryport to Penrith
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Air date
Apr 16, 2025
Michael Portillo’s railway journey through Cumbria and Dumfriesshire heads to the hills as he follows in the footsteps of the Lakeland poets.
16x9
Aspatria to Carlisle
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Air date
Apr 17, 2025
Michael Portillo’s railway journey through Cumbria and Dumfriesshire takes him to the rolling countryside around Aspatria to meet a couple who swapped their old life for organic dairy farming.
16x10
Dumfries to Auchinleck
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 18, 2025
Michael concludes his journey from Cumbria to Dumfriesshire by crossing the Solway Firth into Scotland, where he visits the beautifully preserved last home of Scotland’s greatest poet, Robert Burns.

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