Name: Great British Railway Journeys
Rating: 8.5

Monday
Jan 07, 2013
18:30

S04E01 - High Wycombe to Stratford-upon-Avon Air Date: Jan 07, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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

Tuesday
Jan 08, 2013
18:30

S04E02 - Birmingham to Stafford Air Date: Jan 08, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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

Wednesday
Jan 09, 2013
18:30

S04E03 - Stoke-on-Trent to Winsford Air Date: Jan 09, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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.

Thursday
Jan 10, 2013
18:30

S04E04 - Dudley to Bridgnorth Air Date: Jan 10, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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

Friday
Jan 11, 2013
18:30

S04E05 - Welshpool to Aberystwyth Air Date: Jan 11, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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

Monday
Jan 14, 2013
18:30

S04E06 - Portsmouth to Gomshall Air Date: Jan 14, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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

Tuesday
Jan 15, 2013
18:30

S04E07 - Woking to Clapham Junction Air Date: Jan 15, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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.

Wednesday
Jan 16, 2013
18:30

S04E08 - London Victoria to Abbey Wood Air Date: Jan 16, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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

Thursday
Jan 17, 2013
18:30

S04E09 - London King's Cross to Peterborough Air Date: Jan 17, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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

Friday
Jan 18, 2013
18:30

S04E10 - Spalding to Grimsby Air Date: Jan 18, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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

Monday
Jan 21, 2013
18:30

S04E11 - Stirling to Invergowrie Air Date: Jan 21, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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

Tuesday
Jan 22, 2013
18:30

S04E12 - Dundee to Aberdeen Air Date: Jan 22, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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.

Wednesday
Jan 23, 2013
18:30

S04E13 - Dufftown to Aviemore Air Date: Jan 23, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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

Thursday
Jan 24, 2013
18:30

S04E14 - Inverness to Plockton Air Date: Jan 24, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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

Friday
Jan 25, 2013
18:30

S04E15 - Invergordon to John O'Groats Air Date: Jan 25, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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

Monday
Jan 28, 2013
18:30

S04E16 - London Paddington to Warminster Air Date: Jan 28, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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.

Tuesday
Jan 29, 2013
18:30

S04E17 - Salisbury to Castle Cary Air Date: Jan 29, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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

Wednesday
Jan 30, 2013
18:30

S04E18 - Taunton to Minehead Air Date: Jan 30, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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.

Thursday
Jan 31, 2013
18:30

S04E19 - Lynton and Lynmouth to Exeter Air Date: Jan 31, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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

Friday
Feb 01, 2013
18:30

S04E20 - Exmouth to Newton Abbot Air Date: Feb 01, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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.

Monday
Feb 04, 2013
18:30

S04E21 - Killarney to Cobh Air Date: Feb 04, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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.

Tuesday
Feb 05, 2013
18:30

S04E22 - Charleville to Waterford Air Date: Feb 05, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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

Wednesday
Feb 06, 2013
18:30

S04E23 - Kilkenny to Athy Air Date: Feb 06, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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

Thursday
Feb 07, 2013
18:30

S04E24 - Newbridge to Roscrea Air Date: Feb 07, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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.

Friday
Feb 08, 2013
18:30

S04E25 - Athlone to Galway Air Date: Feb 08, 2013 18:30 - 12 years ago

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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