Passionate about trains, Michael Portillo continues to chart the great British romance with the railways in this phenomenally successful series. Armed with his copy of George Bradshaw's famous railway handbook, he retraces four journeys that were first documented in the Victorian monthly guide, witnessing what's changed and discovering how our love of the railways began. Throughout, he makes stops at some of Britain's most beautiful cities and secluded villages, meeting extraordinary people and hearing how their lives have been shaped by the railways.Portillo takes... to the tracks again for this complete sixth series, with four new journeys in which he tries his hand at curling, visits the birthplace of golf, gives an old engine a fresh start in Derby, explores London's Highgate Cemetery, takes a trip to Lindisfarne, learns of the miners who fuelled the Industrial Revolution, explores the treasures of the Bodleian Library... and much more!Journey One: Ayr to EdinburghJourney Two: Amersham to London BridgeJourney Three: Derby to LindisfarneJourney Four: Pembroke to Cambridge [show more]
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All 20 episodes from the sixth series of the documentary in which Michael Portillo traces historic rail journeys across Britain, taking as his guide 'Bradshaw's Handbook'. The episodes are: 'Ayr to Stewarton', 'Greenock to Larkhall', 'Motherwell to Linlithgow', 'Stirling to Pitlochry', 'St. Andrew's to Edinburgh', 'Amersham to Regent's Park', 'Deptford to West Silverton', 'Stratford to London Victoria', 'London's West End', 'High Street Kensington to London Bridge', 'Derby to Grantham', 'Boston to Hensall', 'Hessle to York', 'Middlesbrough to Hexham', 'Newcastle to Lindisfarne', 'Pembroke Dock to Swansea', 'Swansea to Hereford', 'Abergavenny to Hanborough', 'Oxford to Luton' and 'Oakham to Cambridge'.
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