Great British Railway Journeys
tv show
290 total episodes
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16 seasons
First Aired January 04, 2010
Genres:
Overview
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.
Woking to Clapham Junction
Season 4 - Episode 7 - 1h 30m
Air Date
January 15, 2013
Overview
Michael Portillo travels from Woking in Surrey to Clapham Junction in south London. Along the way he gets close to some precious Victorian botany at Kew Gardens, tries his hand at croquet and discovers a very surprising 19th-century place of worship.