Name: Great British Railway Journeys
Rating: 8.5

S04E01 - High Wycombe to Stratford-upon-Avon Air Date: 07 January 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo meets the craftsmen behind Victorian furniture and sees Shakespeare through the eyes of a 19th-century railway tourist.

S04E02 - Birmingham to Stafford Air Date: 08 January 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo learns how the railways helped to make Birmingham the world's pen-making capital and hears tales of a notorious Victorian murderer.

S04E03 - Stoke-on-Trent to Winsford Air Date: 09 January 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo explores one of the greatest locomotive factories in railway history, discovers the dark side of the Industrial Revolution and learns how, in Victorian times, the potteries brought their products to the masses.

S04E04 - Dudley to Bridgnorth Air Date: 10 January 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo rides the stunning Severn Valley Railway across Victoria Bridge and learns how Victorian blacksmithing was not for the faint-hearted.

S04E05 - Welshpool to Aberystwyth Air Date: 11 January 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo travels to the Victorian seaside resort of Aberystwyth and unleashes the power of a 19th-century engineering triumph.

S04E06 - Portsmouth to Gomshall Air Date: 14 January 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo feeds the crew of Britain's newest warship and discovers how the Victorians planned to repel a possible French invasion.

S04E07 - Woking to Clapham Junction Air Date: 15 January 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo gets close to some Victorian botany at Kew Gardens, tries his hand at croquet and discovers a surprising 19th-century place of worship.

S04E08 - London Victoria to Abbey Wood Air Date: 16 January 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo learns how Victorian fire fighters liked a tipple and discovers how even 19th-century sewage pumps were a celebration of design.

S04E09 - London King's Cross to Peterborough Air Date: 17 January 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo discovers how derelict Victorian London is being rejuvenated and puts in a shift at a Cambridgeshire brick factory.

S04E10 - Spalding to Grimsby Air Date: 18 January 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo sees how Lincolnshire farmers utilised rails to improve their harvests and visits Lincoln's most impressive cathedral.

S04E11 - Stirling to Invergowrie Air Date: 21 January 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo learns about a Scottish hero, visits a Highland Games and discovers how an impressive piece of Victorian engineering ended in tragedy.

S04E12 - Dundee to Aberdeen Air Date: 22 January 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo learns how Queen Victoria used to hide from her subjects, discovers how factory workers went deaf and goes out with a bang in Aberdeenshire.

S04E13 - Dufftown to Aviemore Air Date: 23 January 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo learns how Victorian whisky trains were raided by robbers and travels along one of Scotland's most impressive viaducts.

S04E14 - Inverness to Plockton Air Date: 24 January 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo rides one of Scotland's most picturesque railways, visits the smallest station and learns what went into a Victorian-style spa break.

S04E15 - Invergordon to John O'Groats Air Date: 25 January 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo learns how one man helped bring train travel to the Highlands and hears the remarkable tale of Scotland's Victorian gold rush.

S04E16 - London Paddington to Warminster Air Date: 28 January 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo gets to grips with the old grey matter at a Victorian asylum, gives a historic horse a facelift and makes malt the 19th century way.

S04E17 - Salisbury to Castle Cary Air Date: 29 January 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo visits a tourist hotspot that's been captivating visitors since the Victorian era and takes to the air in Yeovil.

S04E18 - Taunton to Minehead Air Date: 30 January 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo explores a church that moves in mysterious ways and summons all his strength to move a one hundred and ten tonne steam locomotive.

S04E19 - Lynton and Lynmouth to Exeter Air Date: 31 January 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo visits a garden used as a viewing platform for public hangings, and experiences a timepiece like no other.

S04E20 - Exmouth to Newton Abbot Air Date: 01 February 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo takes to sea with the heroes of the RNLI, visits a stormy coastal railway and has a close personal encounter with his boyhood hero.

S04E21 - Killarney to Cobh Air Date: 04 February 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo samples 19th-century foodie delicacies, explores a landscape shot to fame by rails and royals, and risks life and limb for the gift of the gab.

S04E22 - Charleville to Waterford Air Date: 05 February 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo learns the ancient art of making butter and Ireland's oldest game, then rides the Duke of Devonshire's Victorian Irish railway.

S04E23 - Kilkenny to Athy Air Date: 06 February 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo uses his Victorian guidebook to compare and contrast Ireland then and now. In this episode, Michael tries his hand at cutting marble.

S04E24 - Newbridge to Roscrea Air Date: 07 February 2013 18:30 -

Michael Portillo is on a rail trip through the Irish Republic. He visits the Irish National Stud and uncovers an astronomical feat of Victorian engineering.

S04E25 - Athlone to Galway Air Date: 08 February 2013 18:30 -

On the final leg of Michael Portillo's Irish journey he discovers historic jewellery with royal connections in Galway and meets a people's king.

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