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.
London King's Cross to Peterborough
Season 4 - Episode 9 - 1h 30m
Air Date
January 17, 2013
Overview
Michael Portillo discovers how derelict Victorian London is being rejuvenated. Furthermore he works in a shift at a Cambridgeshire brick factory and meets members of an immigrant community linked to it.