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Great British Railway Journeys

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Total number of episodes:4766Last broadcast:12/12/2023 at 01:30
Rating:3.5 of 5 (4888x)
Series 1
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NewSeries 1, Episode 18 - Walsall to Bournville

4.0 3 x
Michael Portillo hits the tracks to see how the railways have shaped Britain. Michael meets the Queen's saddler and learns how to cook an authentic curry.
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NewSeries 1, Episode 17 - Cromford to Burton-on-Trent

4.0 2 x
Travels by train. Ex-MP Michael Portillo visits the oldest working factory in the world at Cromford and explores the country's first public park in Derby.
30:00

NewSeries 1, Episode 16 - Buxton to Matlock

3.0 3 x
Ex-MP Michael Portillo begins his epic trip from Buxton to London, visiting the Duke of Devonshire's stables and hopping on the historic steam railway to Rowsley.
30:00

NewSeries 1, Episode 15 - Truro to Penzance

4.0 2 x
Travels by train. Michael Portillo searches for the lost church of St Piran, explores a working tin mine in Cornwall and harvests oysters on the Helford River.
Series 11
30:00

Series 11, Episode 12 - Limehouse to Rochford...

4.0 0 x
On this leg, Michael alights at Limehouse in east London for Cable Street, which became the focus of Britain's fight against fascism in the 1930s.
Series 1
30:00

NewSeries 1, Episode 14 - Bugle to Mevagissey

3.0 1 x
Epic rail journeys inspired by cartographer George Bradshaw. Michael Portillo visits the largest clay mine in the world near St Austell and goes pilchard fishing.
30:00

NewSeries 1, Episode 13 - Torquay to Totnes

3.0 2 x
Michael Portillo travels along Brunel's Great Western Railway. Here he goes salmon fishing on the Dart estuary and spends some of Totnes's new local currency.
Series 11
30:00

Series 11, Episode 11 - Canterbury to Alexandra Palace...

3.0 1 x
Beginning in Canterbury in Kent, Michael treads the boards as he uncovers the political message behind a play, published in 1936, inspired by the 12th-century murder of Archbishop Thomas à Becket.
Episodes expected soon
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Series 1, Episode 20 - St Pancras to Westminster

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Michael Portillo's epic voyage reaches the buffers as he explores St Pancras, rides the world's first Tube line to Smithfield market and marvels at Big Ben.
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Series 1, Episode 19 - Coventry to Watford

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Travels by train. Michael Portillo relives the Coventry Blitz, meets an Aylesbury duck farmer and finds out how trains helped to evacuate children during WWII.
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