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Great British Railway Journeys Season 11

January. 06,2020
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Great British Railway Journeys

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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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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Michael Portillo
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Great British Railway Journeys Season 11 Full Episode Guide

Episode 15 - Attleborough to Skegness
First Aired: January. 24,2020

Michael Portillo is in Attleborough, at the headquarters of an international horse welfare organization which was established in the late 1920s, where he learns about the charity's pioneering founder.

Episode 14 - Saxmundham to Norwich
First Aired: January. 23,2020

Michael Portillo heads for Snape Maltings, a concert and arts venue, and learns how the music and life of one of Britain’s greatest composers was shaped by the sea and his Suffolk surroundings.

Episode 13 - Witham to Felixstowe
First Aired: January. 22,2020

Michael Portillo's railway journey reaches Witham in Essex. Here he visits the factory of the world's oldest supplier of metal framed windows which became popular in the 30s.

Episode 12 - Limehouse to Rochford
Episode 11 - Canterbury to Alexandra Palace
First Aired: January. 20,2020

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 a Becket.

Episode 10 - Taunton to Salisbury Plain
First Aired: January. 17,2020

Michael Portillo crosses the county line from Devon into Somerset. He sees first-hand how willow farmers sought to overcome the challenge from the production of synthetic plastics during the 1930s.

Episode 9 - Paignton to Tiverton
Episode 8 - Bodmin to Totnes
Episode 7 - Truro to St Mawgan
First Aired: January. 14,2020

In the countryside surrounding Truro, Michael finds the historic estate of Trewithen, whose gardens were stocked from China by professional plant hunters commissioned by its owner.

Episode 6 - St Ives to St Day
First Aired: January. 13,2020

Michael Portillo explores the West Country between the wars and discovers a Cornish fisherman, who, although he began painting only in his seventies, inspired established artists from the capital.

Episode 5 - Elgin to Loch Ness
Episode 1 - Newcastle to County Durham
First Aired: January. 06,2020

Beginning just outside Newcastle in Jarrow, Michael uncovers the desperation which led 200 men to march 300 miles to Westminster in order to petition the Government for work. In Newcastle, Michael admires the city's iconic railway bridge.

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