Great British Railway Journeys (2010)
Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what of Bradshaw's Britain remains.
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1. The Flying Scotsman2017-01-02 · 30mhe Flying Scotsman
A once-in-a-lifetime journey aboard the most famous train in history, the Flying Scotsman, begins for Michael before dawn at London's King's Cross. Excitement b
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2. Welwyn Garden City to Peterborough2017-01-03 · 30mWelwyn Garden City to Peterborough
After the excitement of his ride on the Flying Scotsman, Michael begins a new journey with his Bradshaw's guide book north from London, followin
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3. Newark-on-Trent to Stockton-on-Tees2017-01-04 · 30mNewark on Trent to Stockton-on-Tees
Following his trip from London to York on board the Flying Scotsman, Michael uses his Bradshaw's to trace the path of the famous service, begin
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4. Darlington to Dunbar2017-01-05 · 30mDarlington to Dunbar
In Newton Aycliffe, he tests a state-of-the-art passenger train on tracks which follow the route taken by George Stephenson's steam engine on its historic jou
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5. Longniddry to Edinburgh2017-01-06 · 30mLongniddry to Edinburgh
Michael helps himself to a ukulele lesson in Haddington, birthplace of Victorian self-improvement guru Samuel Smiles. In Musselburgh, he gets a taste of li
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6. Blackpool to Manchester Victoria2017-01-09 · 30mBlackpool to Manchester Victoria
On a new journey across Bradshaw's Britain with his Victorian guidebook. He makes potent new friends in Fleetwood then heads to Manchester, where
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7. Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common2017-01-10 · 30mManchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common
Michael Portillo's journey from the Irish Sea to the North Sea continues by tram from Manchester. At the imposing town hall of the world'
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8. Chapeltown to Doncaster2017-01-11 · 30mChapeltown to Doncaster
From Chapeltown, Michael heads to Wharncliffe Crags, where he plucks up courage to follow in the terrifying footholds of the Victorian daredevil who made r
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9. Gainsborough to Ely2017-01-12 · 30mGainsborough to Ely
Steered by his Bradshaw's railway handbook to Gainsborough, Michael Portillo wraps his head around an ingenious Victorian machine which changed shopping foreve
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10. Stowmarket to Harwich2017-01-13 · 30mStowmarket to Harwich
Michael Portillo is on the final leg of his journey following the route of the North Country Continental service to Harwich. Along the way, he meets voluntee
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11. Wexford to Wicklow2017-01-16 · 30mWexford to Wicklow
Armed with his Bradshaw's Handbook, Michael Portillo begins a journey across Ireland. In the port of Wexford, he takes to the seas in a 100-year-old lifeboat an
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12. Greystones to Dublin2017-01-17 · 30mGreystones to Dublin
At Trinity College, Dublin, Michael Portillo discovers one of Ireland's greatest treasures and learns how it became the symbol of the nation. There is a chanc
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13. Navan to Mullingar2017-01-18 · 30mNavan to Mullingar
Michael gets up to speed with modern archaeology in County Meath and uncovers a controversial Victorian dig at the sacred Hill of Tara. He investigates leaping
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14. Dromod to Sligo2017-01-19 · 30mDromod to Sligo
With his Victorian Bradshaw's guidebook in hand, Michael Portillo crosses the Emerald Isle uncovering Irish identity, forged at a time of political strife. Travell
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15. Ballina to Westport2017-01-20 · 30mBallina to Westport
On the last leg of Michael Portillo's long journey from Wexford to Westport, a fashionable Victorian seaweed bath is followed by a steamy scene in Ballina. On
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