Episodes (20)

Manchester to Birkenhead
S05E01 · Manchester to Birkenhead

Jan 06, 2014

Michael finds out how the world's first industrialised city also gave birth to a revolutionary political movement and how railway workers began one of the most successful football clubs in the world.

Southport to Leyland
S05E02 · Southport to Leyland

Jan 07, 2014

Michael discovers Victorian entrepreneurship in Wigan, traces the beginnings of the industrial revolution in Bolton and drives a hundred year old commercial vehicle in Leyland.

Preston to Rochdale
S05E03 · Preston to Rochdale

Jan 08, 2014

Michael celebrates Victorian trade with the Preston Guild then heads to Rochdale, where he discovers a pioneering movement to improve the lot of working families.

Haworth to Huddersfield
S05E04 · Haworth to Huddersfield

Jan 09, 2014

Michael begins this leg of his journey in the Worth Valley in Yorkshire at the home of the three Bronte sisters, who were early investors in the railway.

Honley to Chesterfield
S05E05 · Honley to Chesterfield

Jan 10, 2014

On the last leg of his journey from a notorious slum in Manchester to the grandeur of a ducal seat in Derbyshire, Michael tunes into the music of the mills and collieries of Victorian England.

London Euston to Cheddington
S05E06 · London Euston to Cheddington

Jan 13, 2014

In this first leg, Michael finds out what happened to the once proud Euston Arch and braves the watery depths under Camden Town to see how goods were transported by rail, road and canal.

Bletchley to Newport Pagnell
S05E07 · Bletchley to Newport Pagnell

Jan 14, 2014

Michael continues his journey north on Robert Stephenson's first inter-city railway line from the capital. Along the line at Bletchley he meets one of World War II's most secret agent.

Northampton to Nuneaton
S05E08 · Northampton to Nuneaton

Jan 15, 2014

In Rugby, Michael discovers the legacy of Dr Thomas Arnold and trains with the school's 1st XV before heading to Coventry, where he finds out how the city's craftsmen learned to adapt to survive.

Leicester to Loughborough
S05E09 · Leicester to Loughborough

Jan 16, 2014

Michael finds out about the hunt for the king's remains and how scientists managed to prove it was him. From Rothley, Michael works his passage on the Great Central Railway to Loughborough.

Nottingham to Leeds
S05E10 · Nottingham to Leeds

Jan 17, 2014

On the final leg of his journey along the first intercity line to be built from the capital, Michael rediscovers a once famous poet in Nottingham. In Mansfield he travels on a railway line.

Southampton to Basingstoke
S05E11 · Southampton to Basingstoke

Jan 20, 2014

Michael learns to set table aboard the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth before she sets sail and discovers how Cunard steamers began by transporting post across the Atlantic.

Winchfield to Crowthorne
S05E12 · Winchfield to Crowthorne

Jan 21, 2014

At Winchfield, Michael discovers the vast carriage which carried the Duke of Wellington's coffin to his funeral at St Paul's Cathedral in 1852 and hears how the Duke's stallion also received full military honours when he was buried.

Wokingham to Bradford-on-Avon
S05E13 · Wokingham to Bradford-on-Avon

Jan 22, 2014

Michael finds out how demand from a growing number of rail commuters fuelled the development of the modern printing press and learns how to print on an iron press.

Chippenham to Gloucester
S05E14 · Chippenham to Gloucester

Jan 23, 2014

At Lacock Abbey Michael discovers how the world's first photographic negative was made and learns how to make a print. He then travels on to Bristol to visit the Victorian Clifton Zoo.

Cheltenham to Wolverhampton
S05E15 · Cheltenham to Wolverhampton

Jan 24, 2014

Michael's first destination is the elegant spa town of Cheltenham, where he discovers a very early locomotive carriage which ran not on rails but on the road and is lucky enough to get behind the wheel.

Norwich to Brandon
S05E16 · Norwich to Brandon

Jan 27, 2014

In Norwich's Norman castle Michael uncovers the Victorian public's gory fascination with crime and punishment and finds out how campaigners such as Elizabeth Fry, who was born in Norwich, worked to improve conditions for prisoners.

Ipswich to Chelmsford
S05E17 · Ipswich to Chelmsford

Jan 28, 2014

Michael continues his journey from the east coast to the south coast beginning in the port of Ipswich, capital of the farming county of Suffolk.

llford to Rochester
S05E18 · llford to Rochester

Jan 29, 2014

Michael begins this leg at Barkingside, where a Victorian philanthropist called Dr Thomas Barnardo made it his life's work to transform the lives of destitute children.

Faversham to Dorking
S05E19 · Faversham to Dorking

Jan 30, 2014

In Faversham in Kent, at one of the country's oldest surviving breweries, Shepherd Neame. Michael discovers how the brewery invested heavily in the railways and even ran rolling stock with its own smart livery taking beer to London.

Brighton to Chichester
S05E20 · Brighton to Chichester

Jan 31, 2014

Michael discovers the history behind the extraordinary Pavilion at Brighton and learns that Queen Victoria was not an admirer of the Prince Regent's flamboyant taste.

About

Great British Railway Journeys Season 5 (2014) is released on Jan 06, 2014 and the latest season 13 of Great British Railway Journeys is released in 2021. Watch Great British Railway Journeys online - the English Documentary TV series from United Kingdom. Great British Railway Journeys is directed by Cassie Farrell,Marc Beers,Tom Richardson,Titus Ogilvy and created by Adrienne Doyard with Michael Portillo and Alex Hutchinson.

Michael Portillo makes various railway journeys across the UK, using a 150-year-old Bradshaw's Guide (a collection of railway timetables and a guidebook). He looks at the history, culture and industry of the towns that he passes through, and the way that things have changed since Bradshaw wrote his Guide.

As know as:

Great British Railway Journeys, Büyük Demiryolu Gezileri - Britanya

Countries:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Production Companies:

Talkback Thames

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