Great British Railway Journeys

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13x1
Biggin Hill to Ashdown Forest
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Michael Portillo experiences a terrifying ‘victory roll’ in a World War II Spitfire, meets a biographer of A.A. Milne and lends a hand at the community-owned Plaw Hatch Farm.
13x2
Hassocks to Benenden
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Michael visits the village of Ditchling, once the home of a community of Catholic artists, before heading to Bexhill-on-Sea to learn about the role of ARP wardens during the war.
13x3
Rye to Dungeness
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Michael Portillo follows his 1930s Bradshaw’s guide to the unspoilt East Sussex port of Rye, where he learns about the loss of a generation of lifeboatmen in 1928 and explores a wartime pillbox.
13x4
Deal to Margate
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Michael heads to the splendid Walmer Castle, home during the 1920s to a Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, Lord Beauchamp, whose openly homosexual lifestyle led to his exile from the country.
13x5
Herne Bay to Leeds Castle, Kent
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Armed with his interwar copy of Bradshaw’s Guide to the Railways, Michael reaches the Kent seaside resort of Herne Bay, where he learns about a pioneering aviatrix.
13x6
Chislehurst to Kennington
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Michael continues his journeys in greater London, beginning on its southeastern fringe in the village of Chislehurst and ending up in Kennington to learn about the childhood of Charlie Chaplin.
13x7
Hackney Wick to Oxford Circus
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Michael continues his travels through the capital in the heart of London’s East End. He begings in Hackney Wick, which today is transformed from the time of his 1930s Bradshaw’s guide.
13x8
Hampstead to Islington
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Michael’s rail tour of London continues in Hampstead, where Sigmund Freud found refuge from the Nazis. He ends up in Finsbury to learn about the influence of Russian emigre Berthold Lubetkin.
13x9
Dagenham to Battersea
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Armed with his 1930s Bradshaw’s guide, Michael is in London, where he tracks the River Thames from east to west. Starting in Dagenham, he ends up at the iconic Battersea Power Station.
13x10
Park Royal to Westminster
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13x11
Episode 11
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13x12
Episode 12
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13x13
Episode 13
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13x14
Episode 14
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Episode 15
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