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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 3 Air Dates

Monday
Jan 02, 2012
18:30
S03E01 - Great Yarmouth to Beccles Air Date: Jan 02, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo discovers the grave robbing history of Great Yarmouth, and tries his hand at working a Victorian swing bridge in Reedham.
Tuesday
Jan 03, 2012
18:30
S03E02 - Darsham to Felixstowe Air Date: Jan 03, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo follows the Victorians' fascination with Britain's own Atlantis to Dunwich and discovers the history of the Port of Felixstowe.
Wednesday
Jan 04, 2012
18:30
S03E03 - Sudbury to Southend Air Date: Jan 04, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo comes face to face with a medieval politician, takes a rail tour of Victorian freak show hot spots and rides an early electric railway.
Thursday
Jan 05, 2012
18:30
S03E04 - Epping to Hackney Air Date: Jan 05, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo sees how gunpowder made in Waltham Cross fuelled an empire and heads to Hackney to uncover the gruesome details of the first murder on a train.
Friday
Jan 06, 2012
18:30
S03E05 - Fenchurch to Embankment Air Date: Jan 06, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo takes a ride on a secret miniature railway hidden beneath London's streets and rings the bells of the famous church of Bow.
Monday
Jan 09, 2012
18:30
S03E06 - Windsor to Didcot Air Date: Jan 09, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo visits a station fit for royalty in Windsor, and views an engineering triumph built by Brunel to span the Thames at Maidenhead.
Tuesday
Jan 10, 2012
18:30
S03E07 - Reading to Alton Air Date: Jan 10, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo tastes a Victorian superfood in Alton, and tries his hand at driving a steam train on the challenging Watercress Line.
Wednesday
Jan 11, 2012
18:30
S03E08 - Winchester to Isle of Wight Air Date: Jan 11, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo experiences the magnificent Victorian organ at Winchester Cathedral, and visits a 19th-century rail works still running in Eastleigh.
Thursday
Jan 12, 2012
18:30
S03E09 - Brockenhurst to Poole Air Date: Jan 12, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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On the trail of a Victorian snake catcher, Michael Portillo visits the New Forest seeking out venomous adders. He also uncovers a secret library in Wimborne.
Friday
Jan 13, 2012
18:30
S03E10 - Wareham to Portland Air Date: Jan 13, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo uncovers the oil fields hidden underneath England's quiet seaside resorts and discovers the crucial role Weymouth played in the D-day landings.
Monday
Jan 16, 2012
18:30
S03E11 - Oxford to Pershore Air Date: Jan 16, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo is led to a special view of the city of Oxford by his 19th-century guidebook and samples a Victorian navvies' brew made by steam power.
Tuesday
Jan 17, 2012
18:30
S03E12 - Hartlebury to Great Malvern Air Date: Jan 17, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo visits the home of Queen Victoria's favourite bishop, and follows in the footsteps of Victorian health fanatics to the Malvern Hills.
Wednesday
Jan 18, 2012
18:30
S03E13 - Lydney to Newport Air Date: Jan 18, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo sees why the Victorians fell for the romantic ruins of Tintern Abbey and discovers Britain's hidden micro-mines within the Forest of Dean.
Thursday
Jan 19, 2012
18:30
S03E14 - Cardiff to Brecon Air Date: Jan 19, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo discovers the Victorian coal heritage that turned Cardiff into the city it is today, and takes a steam ride through Brecon Beacons National Park.
Friday
Jan 20, 2012
18:30
S03E15 - Port Talbot to Milford Haven Air Date: Jan 20, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo explores the Victorian railway legacy behind the steel works of Port Talbot and uncovers the whaling past of Milford Haven.
Monday
Jan 23, 2012
18:30
S03E16 - Berwick-upon-Tweed to Morpeth Air Date: Jan 23, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo discovers the unique cross-border history of Berwick-upon-Tweed and hears the unique story of the Pitman Painters of Ashington.
Tuesday
Jan 24, 2012
18:30
S03E17 - Bardon Mill to Wigton Air Date: Jan 24, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo follows the example of Victorian archaeologists at Hadrian's Wall and sees how the Victorian railways first fuelled invention in Wigton.
Wednesday
Jan 25, 2012
18:30
S03E18 - Cockermouth to Eskdale Air Date: Jan 25, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo drinks a Victorian brew drawn from the pure waters of Cockermouth and steps inside the hidden world of nuclear reprocessing at Sellafield.
Thursday
Jan 26, 2012
18:30
S03E19 - Kirkby-in-Furness to Lancaster Air Date: Jan 26, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo finds out the secrets behind Kirkby's famous blue slate and submerges himself into a secret world of nuclear submarines in Barrow.
Friday
Jan 27, 2012
18:30
S03E20 - Heysham to Snaefell Air Date: Jan 27, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo sets sail from Heysham to the Isle of Man, where he discovers the horse trams of Douglas and the secrets of the giant Laxey Wheel.
Monday
Jan 30, 2012
18:30
S03E21 - Bray to Dublin Air Date: Jan 30, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo observes the engineering feat involved in building the railway along Dublin's treacherous East coast and explores a Victorian jail.
Tuesday
Jan 31, 2012
18:30
S03E22 - Enfield to Drogheda Air Date: Jan 31, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo explores the railway network within the Bog of Allen, discovering the secrets behind the Boyne Viaduct and exploring the Irish Zinc mines.
Wednesday
Feb 01, 2012
18:30
S03E23 - Dundalk to Portadown Air Date: Feb 01, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo visits the amazing Cromlech stones of Dundalk and travels in style along the steam railway of Downpatrick.
Thursday
Feb 02, 2012
18:30
S03E24 - Belfast to Whitehead Air Date: Feb 02, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo explores the fascinating history of Belfast's Victorian docks and discovers the Irish spade-making traditions untouched for over 150 years.
Friday
Feb 03, 2012
18:30
S03E25 - Ballymoney to Londonderry Air Date: Feb 03, 2012 18:30 - 13 years ago

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Michael Portillo takes a white knuckle walk over the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge and experiences the delights of the Giant's Causeway.
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