Great British Railway Journeys

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  • BBC Two
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  • Documentary Travel

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5x1
Manchester to Birkenhead
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Michael Portillo embarks on a new journey from Manchester, birthplace of George Bradshaw, the publisher of his trusted guide, to Chesterfield, burial place of George Stephenson, the .. show full overview
5x2
Southport to Leyland
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Michael Portillo continues his journey through the North West of England. He begins in the elegant Lancashire resort of Southport, where the railways brought thousands of visitors to .. show full overview
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Preston to Rochdale
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Michael Portillo continues his journey through the North West of England. He celebrates Victorian trade with the Preston Guild then heads to Rochdale where he discovers a pioneering .. show full overview
5x4
Haworth to Huddersfield
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Michael Portillo begins this leg of his journey from Manchester to Chesterfield at the home of the three Bronte sisters in Worth Valley, Yorkshire. He then moves on to Oakworth where he .. show full overview
5x5
Honley to Chesterfield
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On the last leg of his journey from a notorious slum in Manchester to the grandeur of a ducal seat in Derbyshire, Michael Portillo tunes in to the music of the mills and collieries of .. show full overview
5x6
London Euston to Cheddington
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Michael Portillo embarks on a new journey guided by his Bradshaw's Handbook from London's Euston station to Leeds. In this first leg, he finds out what happened to the once proud .. show full overview
5x7
Bletchley to Newport Pagnell
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Michael Portillo continues his journey north on Robert Stephenson's first inter-city railway line from the capital. Along the line at Bletchley he meets one of the Second World War's .. show full overview
5x8
Northampton to Nuneaton
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Steered by his Bradshaw's Michael Portillo heads north on his journey from London to Leeds, stopping in Northampton, the land of shoemakers, where Victorian 'clickers' have been making .. show full overview
5x9
Leicester to Loughborough
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Guided by his Victorian Bradshaw's Michael Portillo continues his journey north along Robert Stephenson's London to Birmingham line. He begins this leg in Leicester, where he picks up .. show full overview
5x10
Nottingham to Leeds
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On the final leg of his journey along the first inter-city line to be built from the capital, Michael Portillo rediscovers a once-famous poet in Nottingham. In Mansfield he travels on a .. show full overview
5x11
Southampton to Basingstoke
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Assisted by his Bradshaw's guide, Michael Portillo embarks on a new journey from Southampton to Wolverhampton. On this first leg he learns to set table aboard the luxury liner Queen .. show full overview
5x12
Winchfield to Crowthorne
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Michael Portillo continues his journey from the Hampshire coast to the West Midlands in a distinctly military vein. At Winchfield, he discovers the vast carriage which carried the .. show full overview
5x13
Wokingham to Bradford-on-Avon
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Steered by his Victorian guidebook, Michael Portillo heads north from the south coast towards the West Midlands. The third leg begins in Wokingham, where Bradshaw's reports the .. show full overview
5x14
Chippenham to Gloucester
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Michael Portillo continues his journey from Southampton to Wolverhampton beginning today in Chippenham, where at Lacock Abbey he discovers how the world's first photographic negative was .. show full overview
5x15
Cheltenham to Wolverhampton
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On the final leg of his journey from Southampton to Wolverhampton, Michael Portillo's first destination is the elegant spa town of Cheltenham, where he discovers a very early locomotive .. show full overview
5x16
Norwich to Brandon
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Guided by his 19th century Bradshaw's guide, Michael Portillo embarks on a new journey from Norwich to Chichester. On this first leg he explores Norwich's medieval heart. In the city's .. show full overview
5x17
Ipswich to Chelmsford
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Michael Portillo continues his journey from the east coast to the south coast beginning in the port of Ipswich, capital of the farming county of Suffolk. His first port of call is an .. show full overview
5x18
Ilford to Rochester
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Steered by his Bradshaw's, Michael Portillo heads along the Essex bank of the Thames before crossing the river into the Garden of England, Kent. He begins this leg at Barkingside, .. show full overview
5x19
Faversham to Dorking
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Michael Portillo continues his journey from Norwich to Chichester beginning in Faversham in Kent, at one of the country's oldest surviving breweries, Shepherd Neame. Michael discovers .. show full overview
5x20
Brighton to Chichester
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On the final leg of his journey between the cathedral cities of Norwich and Chichester, Michael Portillo discovers the history behind the extraordinary Pavilion at Brighton and learns .. show full overview