Great British Railway Journeys
Great British Railway Journeys
Season released 4th Jan, 2010Rated PG20 episodes
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Great British Railway Journeys Season 1 episodes
S01 E01
Liverpool to Eccles
30 mins · Mon, 4 Jan 2010
Ep1: Liverpool to Eccles. Michael begins his journey on the world's first passenger railway line, learns to speak Scouse in Liverpool, finds out about the first railway fatality and explores the origins of the Eccles cake.
S01 E02
Manchester to Bury
30 mins · Tue, 5 Jan 2010
Michael is in Manchester to find out more about George Bradshaw himself. He also gets fitted for a trilby in Denton and learns how the railways helped to create a national institution - fish and chips.
S01 E03
Todmorden to York
30 mins · Wed, 6 Jan 2010
Michael travels back in time on the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway, finds out about the latest Roman discoveries in York and takes to the air in the Network Rail helicopter.
S01 E04
Pontefract to Bridlington
30 mins · Thu, 7 Jan 2010
Michael searches for the last liquorice grower in Pontefract, discovers how the railways turned Hull into one of the largest white fish ports in the world and goes fishing for sea bass in Bridlington.
S01 E05
Filey to Scarborough
30 mins · Fri, 8 Jan 2010
Michael goes bird-watching on the wild cliffs of Flamborough Head, learns to decipher traditional knitting patterns in Filey and meets one of the oldest residents of the Victorian seaside resort of Scarborough - a 4000-year-old skeleton called Gristhorpe Man.
S01 E06
Preston to Morecambe
30 mins · Mon, 11 Jan 2010
Michael explores the origins of the temperance movement in Preston, samples the attractions of Blackpool, a resort made by the railways, and takes a walk across Morecambe Bay with the official Keeper of the Sands.
S01 E07
Settle to Garsdale
30 mins · Tue, 12 Jan 2010
Michael returns to the historic Settle-Carlisle line to find out what has happened to it since he helped save it in the 1980s. Along the way, he explores the magnificent Ribblehead viaduct, finds out about the navvies who helped to build it and catches a steam train along the line.
S01 E08
Windermere to Kendal
30 mins · Wed, 13 Jan 2010
Michael takes a steamboat tour of Lake Windermere, visits Wordsworth's home village of Grasmere and makes sausages with a local Herdwick sheep farmer.
S01 E09
Carlisle to Glasgow
30 mins · Thu, 14 Jan 2010
Michael meets the wild clansmen of Carlisle, the Border Reivers, witnesses a wedding in Gretna Green and visits a secret World War One munitions factory.
S01 E10
Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy
30 mins · Fri, 15 Jan 2010
Michael makes apple juice in the Clyde valley orchards, pays a thrilling visit to the top of the Forth Rail Bridge and relives his childhood memories in his grandparents' home town of Kirkcaldy.
S01 E11
Swindon to Bristol
30 mins · Mon, 18 Jan 2010
Michael finds out about free holiday trains for the GWR workers in Swindon, samples the Spa in Bath, and tries his hand at glass blowing in Bristol.
S01 E12
Yatton to Weston Super Mare
30 mins · Tue, 19 Jan 2010
Michael samples local Cheddar strawberries, explores Cheddar Gorge and the famous caves, and visits one of the oldest piers in the country at Weston Super Mare.
S01 E13
Torquay to Totnes
30 mins · Wed, 20 Jan 2010
Michael finds out about Torquay's micro climate, goes salmon fishing on the Dart estuary and spends some of Totnes' new local currency.
S01 E14
Bugle to Mevagissey
30 mins · Thu, 21 Jan 2010
Michael visits the largest clay mine in the world near St Austell, goes pilchard fishing in Mevagissey and finds out how the estate of Heligan shaped British gardens.
S01 E15
Truro to Penzance
30 mins · Fri, 22 Jan 2010
Michael searches for the lost church of St Piran, explores the last working tin mine in Cornwall and harvests oysters on the Helford River.
S01 E16
Buxton to Matlock
30 mins · Mon, 25 Jan 2010
Michael visits an architectural wonder, the Duke of Devonshire's stables in Buxton, helps to repair the ancient peat landscape of the Peak District and travels on the historic steam railway to Rowsley.
S01 E17
Cromford to Burton-on-Trent
30 mins · Tue, 26 Jan 2010
Michael visits the oldest working factory in the world at Cromford, explores the country's first public park in Derby and finds out why Burton's beer is said to be the best.
S01 E18
Walsall to Bournville
30 mins · Wed, 27 Jan 2010
Michael meets the queen's saddler in Walsall, learns how to cook an authentic Indian curry in Birmingham and visits Bournville, rumoured to be the best place to live in Britain.
S01 E19
Coventry to Watford
30 mins · Thu, 28 Jan 2010
Michael relives the Coventry Blitz, meets the last pure breed Aylesbury duck farmer in Buckinghamshire and finds out how the trains helped to evacuate millions of children during World War II.
S01 E20
St Pancras to Westminster
30 mins · Fri, 29 Jan 2010
Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. In a series of four epic journeys, he travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what of Bradshaw's Britain remains. His journey takes him from Buxton along one of the first railway routes south to the capital, London. This time, Michael explores one of the grandest railway stations and hotels in the country: St Pancras. He rides the world's first tube line to Smithfield market and climbs up the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament to hear Big Ben chime.