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Documentary series in which Michael Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country by train.

Genres: Travel
Station: BBC iPlayer (GB)
Rating: 8.5/10 from 2 users
Status: Running
Start: 2010-01-04
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Great British Railway Journeys Season 2 Air Dates

Monday
Jan 03, 2011
18:30
S02E01 - Brighton to Crystal Palace Air Date: Jan 03, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael Portillo finds out about Brighton's aquarium, explores the underground quarries of Godstone and discovers the wonders of the Crystal Palace.
Tuesday
Jan 04, 2011
18:30
S02E02 - Waterloo to Canary Wharf Air Date: Jan 04, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael Portillo finds out about a funeral service running coffins from Waterloo to Brookwood Cemetery and explores the changing fortunes of London's docks.
Wednesday
Jan 05, 2011
18:30
S02E03 - Enfield to Cambridge Air Date: Jan 05, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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On a journey from Brighton to Cromer, Michael Portillo visits the government arms factory at Enfield and discovers how the trains transformed Newmarket's races.
Thursday
Jan 06, 2011
18:30
S02E04 - Ely to King's Lynn Air Date: Jan 06, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael Portillo goes fishing with the last eel trapper on the Fens at Ely and visits one of the great triumphs of 19th-century engineering, the Denver Sluice.
Friday
Jan 07, 2011
18:30
S02E05 - Dereham to Cromer Air Date: Jan 07, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael Portillo drives a heritage diesel train, finds out why Norfolk black turkeys appeared on the Christmas menu in Bradshaw's day and samples some Cromer crab.
Monday
Jan 10, 2011
18:30
S02E06 - Ledbury to Shrewsbury Air Date: Jan 10, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael Portillo tastes the Victorian drink perry, encounters a pedigree Hereford bull and visits the world's first iron-framed building in Shrewsbury.
Tuesday
Jan 11, 2011
18:30
S02E07 - Telford to Wrexham Air Date: Jan 11, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael Portillo visits the world's first iron bridge at Coalbrookdale, explores the historic Chirk Castle and has a go at making traditional Cheshire cheese.
Wednesday
Jan 12, 2011
18:30
S02E08 - Chester to Conwy Air Date: Jan 12, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael Portillo tours Chester's Roman remains, discovers a secret World War II chemical weapons plant at Rhydmwyn and goes mussel fishing on the Conwy estuary.
Thursday
Jan 13, 2011
18:30
S02E09 - Llanrwst to Porthmadog Air Date: Jan 13, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael Portillo explores the Conwy valley, stopping at Britain's first artists' colony at Betws-y-Coed, visiting the Victorian slate capital of Blaenau Ffestiniog and taking a steam train down to the harbour at Porthmadog.
Friday
Jan 14, 2011
18:30
S02E10 - Llanberis to Holyhead Air Date: Jan 14, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael Portillo takes the train to the top of Wales's highest peak, Mount Snowdon, witnesses the revival of Anglesey's sea salt industry and discovers how the railways transformed the tiny port of Holyhead.
Monday
Jan 17, 2011
18:30
S02E11 - Newcastle to Chester-le-Street Air Date: Jan 17, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael visits the first locomotive factory in the world, opened by George Stephenson. He also searches for the lost pit village of Marsden in South Shields and is entertained by a comic troupe of rapper sword dancers in Chester-le-Street.
Tuesday
Jan 18, 2011
18:30
S02E12 - Durham to Grosmont Air Date: Jan 18, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael visits the historic Durham Cathedral, sees one of the first locomotives in Darlington and takes a Dracula tour in Whitby, before ending his journey on a steam train across the North Yorkshire moors.
Wednesday
Jan 19, 2011
18:30
S02E13 - York to Saltaire Air Date: Jan 19, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael Portillo takes a Turkish bath in the famous spa town of Harrogate and explores the exemplary Victorian village of Saltaire.
Thursday
Jan 20, 2011
18:30
S02E14 - Batley to Sheffield Air Date: Jan 20, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael Portillo finds out about shoddy, a successful 19th-century recycling industry in the textile town of Batley, and meets a descendant of George Bradshaw.
Friday
Jan 21, 2011
18:30
S02E15 - Langley Mill to Melton Mowbray Air Date: Jan 21, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael Portillo learns the secrets of stilton cheese and finds out how trains transformed the traditional British sport of fox hunting.
Monday
Jan 24, 2011
18:30
S02E16 - London Bridge to Chatham Air Date: Jan 24, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael Portillo visits the Royal Observatory at Greenwich to see how the railways standardised time and explores the historic dockyards at Chatham.
Tuesday
Jan 25, 2011
18:30
S02E17 - Aylesford to Tunbridge Wells Air Date: Jan 25, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael explores the life of Victorian hop pickers and finds out about Maidstone's revolutionary paper industry.
Wednesday
Jan 26, 2011
18:30
S02E18 - Canterbury to Margate Air Date: Jan 26, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael finds out how Canterbury Cathedral was saved during the Baedeker raids of World War II and explores the origins of a seaside swim in Margate.
Thursday
Jan 27, 2011
18:30
S02E19 - Sandwich to Folkestone Air Date: Jan 27, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael explores a secret port that ran the first train ferries to France carrying vital supplies during World War I and visits Walmer Castle.
Friday
Jan 28, 2011
18:30
S02E20 - Hythe to Hastings Air Date: Jan 28, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael Portillo discovers how the railway has changed down the years. This episode finds him in Kent, rolling along the scenic south coast to Hastings.
Monday
Jan 31, 2011
18:30
S02E21 - Ayr to Paisley Air Date: Jan 31, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael visits the hometown of Robbie Burns, finds out how to make haggis, and discovers how the railways transformed the game of golf in Prestwick.
Tuesday
Feb 01, 2011
18:30
S02E22 - Dumbarton to Tyndrum Air Date: Feb 01, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael Portillo explores the historic Dumbarton shipyards that built the Cutty Sark, visits Loch Lomond, and goes hunting for gold in Scotland's mountains.
Wednesday
Feb 02, 2011
18:30
S02E23 - Oban to Corrour Air Date: Feb 02, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael Portillo discovers how trains spread the word about Oban whisky, hears about the struggle to build a railway across Rannoch Moor and visits Corrour.
Thursday
Feb 03, 2011
18:30
S02E24 - Roybridge to Glenfinnan Air Date: Feb 03, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael investigates the mysterious parallel roads of Glenroy and finds out how the Victorians put a weather observatory on the top of Ben Nevis.
Friday
Feb 04, 2011
18:30
S02E25 - Lochailort to Skye Air Date: Feb 04, 2011 18:30 - 14 years ago

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Michael discovers how the railways helped train commandos at Lochailort in World War II and explores the history of the highland crofters in Skye.
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