Great British Railway Journeys - Season 4

Great British Railway Journeys - Season 4

Season 4

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Episodes25
DatesJan. 7, 2013 - Feb. 8, 2013
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Episodes

High Wycombe to Stratford-upon-Avon
Season 4Episode 130 min

High Wycombe to Stratford-upon-Avon

Michael Portillo meets the craftsmen behind Victorian furniture and sees Shakespeare through the eyes of a 19th-century railway tourist.
Jan. 7, 2013
Birmingham to Stafford
Season 4Episode 230 min

Birmingham to Stafford

Michael Portillo learns how the railways helped to make Birmingham the world's pen-making capital and hears tales of a notorious Victorian murderer.
Jan. 8, 2013
Stoke-on-Trent to Winsford
Season 4Episode 330 min

Stoke-on-Trent to Winsford

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.
Jan. 9, 2013
Dudley to Bridgnorth
Season 4Episode 430 min

Dudley to Bridgnorth

Michael Portillo rides the stunning Severn Valley Railway across Victoria Bridge and learns how Victorian blacksmithing was not for the faint-hearted.
Jan. 10, 2013
Welshpool to Aberystwyth
Season 4Episode 530 min

Welshpool to Aberystwyth

Michael Portillo travels to the Victorian seaside resort of Aberystwyth and unleashes the power of a 19th-century engineering triumph.
Jan. 11, 2013
Portsmouth to Gomshall
Season 4Episode 630 min

Portsmouth to Gomshall

Michael Portillo feeds the crew of Britain's newest warship and discovers how the Victorians planned to repel a possible French invasion.
Jan. 14, 2013
Woking to Clapham Junction
Season 4Episode 730 min

Woking to Clapham Junction

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.
Jan. 15, 2013
London Victoria to Abbey Wood
Season 4Episode 830 min

London Victoria to Abbey Wood

Michael Portillo learns how Victorian fire fighters liked a tipple and discovers how even 19th-century sewage pumps were a celebration of design.
Jan. 16, 2013
London King's Cross to Peterborough
Season 4Episode 930 min

London King's Cross to Peterborough

Michael Portillo discovers how derelict Victorian London is being rejuvenated and puts in a shift at a Cambridgeshire brick factory.
Jan. 17, 2013
Spalding to Grimsby
Season 4Episode 1030 min

Spalding to Grimsby

Michael Portillo sees how Lincolnshire farmers utilised rails to improve their harvests and visits Lincoln's most impressive cathedral.
Jan. 18, 2013
Stirling to Invergowrie
Season 4Episode 1130 min

Stirling to Invergowrie

Michael Portillo learns about a Scottish hero, visits a Highland Games and discovers how an impressive piece of Victorian engineering ended in tragedy.
Jan. 21, 2013
Dundee to Aberdeen
Season 4Episode 1230 min

Dundee to Aberdeen

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.
Jan. 22, 2013
Dufftown to Aviemore
Season 4Episode 1330 min

Dufftown to Aviemore

Michael Portillo learns how Victorian whisky trains were raided by robbers and travels along one of Scotland's most impressive viaducts.
Jan. 23, 2013
Inverness to Plockton
Season 4Episode 1430 min

Inverness to Plockton

Michael Portillo rides one of Scotland's most picturesque railways, visits the smallest station and learns what went into a Victorian-style spa break.
Jan. 24, 2013
Invergordon to John O'Groats
Season 4Episode 1530 min

Invergordon to John O'Groats

Michael Portillo learns how one man helped bring train travel to the Highlands and hears the remarkable tale of Scotland's Victorian gold rush.
Jan. 25, 2013
London Paddington to Warminster
Season 4Episode 1630 min

London Paddington to Warminster

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.
Jan. 28, 2013
Salisbury to Castle Cary
Season 4Episode 1730 min

Salisbury to Castle Cary

Michael Portillo visits a tourist hotspot that's been captivating visitors since the Victorian era and takes to the air in Yeovil.
Jan. 29, 2013
Taunton to Minehead
Season 4Episode 1830 min

Taunton to Minehead

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.
Jan. 30, 2013
Lynton and Lynmouth to Exeter
Season 4Episode 1930 min

Lynton and Lynmouth to Exeter

Michael Portillo visits a garden used as a viewing platform for public hangings, and experiences a timepiece like no other.
Jan. 31, 2013
Exmouth to Newton Abbot
Season 4Episode 2030 min

Exmouth to Newton Abbot

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.
Feb. 1, 2013
Killarney to Cobh
Season 4Episode 2130 min

Killarney to Cobh

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.
Feb. 4, 2013
Charleville to Waterford
Season 4Episode 2230 min

Charleville to Waterford

Michael Portillo learns the ancient art of making butter and Ireland's oldest game, then rides the Duke of Devonshire's Victorian Irish railway.
Feb. 5, 2013
Kilkenny to Athy
Season 4Episode 2330 min

Kilkenny to Athy

Michael Portillo uses his Victorian guidebook to compare and contrast Ireland then and now. In this episode, Michael tries his hand at cutting marble.
Feb. 6, 2013
Newbridge to Roscrea
Season 4Episode 2430 min

Newbridge to Roscrea

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.
Feb. 7, 2013
Athlone to Galway
Season 4Episode 2530 min

Athlone to Galway

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.
Feb. 8, 2013

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