Great British Railway Journeys
Documentary series in which Michael Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country by train
Great British Railway Journeys - Bugle to Mevagissey
Michael visits the largest clay mine in the world, goes pilchard fishing in Mevagissey and finds out how the estate of Heligan shaped British gardens.
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Great British Railway Journeys - Buxton to Matlock
Documentary. Michael Portillo visits an architectural wonder, the Duke of Devonshire's stables in Buxton, and travels on the historic steam railway to Rowsley.
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Great British Railway Journeys - Carlisle to Glasgow
Travel documentary. Michael Portillo meets the wild Border Reivers clansmen, witnesses a wedding in Gretna Green and visits a World War I munitions factory.
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Great British Railway Journeys - Coventry to Watford
Michael Portillo relives the Coventry Blitz and finds out how the trains helped to evacuate millions of children during World War II.
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Great British Railway Journeys - Cromford to Burton-on-Trent
Michael Portillo visits the oldest working factory in the world at Cromford and explores the country's first public park in Derby.
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Great British Railway Journeys - Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy
Travel documentary. Michael Portillo makes apple juice in the Clyde valley orchards, scales the Forth Rail Bridge and relives childhood memories in Kirkcaldy.
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Great British Railway Journeys - Filey to Scarborough
Documentary series. Michael Portillo learns to decipher traditional knitting patterns in Filey and meets Scarborough's 4,000-year-old Gristhorpe Man.
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Great British Railway Journeys - Liverpool to Eccles
Michael Portillo journeys around Britain by train. He learns to speak Scouse in Liverpool, finds out about the first railway fatality and explores Eccles cakes.
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Great British Railway Journeys - Manchester to Bury
Michael Portillo travels around Britain by train. He is fitted for a trilby in Denton and discovers the role the railways had in the creation of fish and chips.
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Great British Railway Journeys - Pontefract to Bridlington
Documentary series with Michael Portillo. Michael searches for the last liquorice grower in Pontefract and goes fishing for sea bass in Bridlington.
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Great British Railway Journeys - Preston to Morecambe
Travel documentary. Michael Portillo explores the temperance movement's origins in Preston, visits Blackpool and meets Morecambe Bay's Keeper of the Sands.
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Great British Railway Journeys - Settle to Garsdale
Travel documentary. Michael Portillo revisits the Settle-Carlisle line, explores the Ribblehead viaduct and learns about the navvies who helped to build it.
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Great British Railway Journeys - St Pancras to Westminster
Michael explores one of the grandest railway stations and hotels in the country: St Pancras. He also rides the world's first tube line to Smithfield market.
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Great British Railway Journeys - Swindon to Bristol
Michael Portillo finds out about free holiday trains for the GWR workers in Swindon, samples the Spa in Bath and tries his hand at glassblowing in Bristol.
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Great British Railway Journeys - Todmorden to York
Documentary series with Michael Portillo. Michael travels back in time on the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway and sees the latest Roman discoveries in York.
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Great British Railway Journeys - Torquay to Totnes
Michael finds out about Torquay's microclimate, goes salmon fishing on the Dart estuary and spends some of Totnes' new local currency.
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Great British Railway Journeys - Truro to Penzance
Michael searches for the lost church of St Piran, explores the last working tin mine in Cornwall and harvests oysters on the Helford River.
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Great British Railway Journeys - Walsall to Bournville
Series in which Michael Portillo travels the country by train. He meets the queen's saddler in Walsall and learns how to cook an Indian curry in Birmingham.
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Great British Railway Journeys - Windermere to Kendal
Travel documentary. Michael Portillo takes a steamboat tour of Lake Windermere, visits Wordsworth's home village of Grasmere and makes sausages.
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Great British Railway Journeys - Yatton to Weston Super Mare
Michael samples Cheddar strawberries, explores Cheddar Gorge and the famous caves, and visits one of the country's oldest piers at Weston Super Mare.
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