Great British Railway Journeys

Great British Railway Journeys - Season 9 Episode 3 Croydon to Shoreham-by-Sea

2025-05-02 30 minutes.
7.30 12 votes

Season - Episode

16 Season 16 Apr 07, 2025
15 Season 15 Mar 18, 2024
14 Season 14 Jun 19, 2023
13 Season 13 May 17, 2021
12 Season 12 Apr 26, 2021
11 Season 11 Jan 06, 2020
10 Season 10 Feb 04, 2019
9 Season 9 Jan 01, 2018
8 Season 8 Jan 02, 2017
7 Season 7 Jan 04, 2016
6 Season 6 Jan 05, 2015
5 Season 5 Jan 06, 2014
4 Season 4 Jan 07, 2013
3 Season 3 Jan 02, 2012
2 Season 2 Jan 03, 2011
1 Season 1 Jan 04, 2010
0 Season 0 Jan 01, 1970

Overview

Croydon to Shoreham-by-Sea Steered by his Edwardian Bradshaw's guide, Michael Portillo arrives in west Croydon, where he uncovers a once-celebrated, now forgotten, mixed-race composer with an uncannily familiar name. With the modern British rail network now half the size of the Edwardian one, Michael is delighted to discover a railway renaissance in Three Bridges. After inspecting a new depot and its fleet of new Class 700 trains, Michael is accorded the great honour of washing one down. Next stop Lewes, where Michael makes a beeline for Charleston, the beautiful home of the artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, where he finds every surface exquisitely decorated by the inhabitants. At Shoreham-by-Sea, Michael discovers that magnificent Edwardians in flying machines took off from the oldest licensed airport in the country. Michael takes to the skies.

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