Great British Railway Journeys - Season 9 Episode 6 Whitland to Swansea
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Season 16 Apr 07, 2025
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16 - 1Paddock Wood to Frant Apr 07, 2025 -
16 - 2Hildenborough to Robertsbridge Apr 08, 2025 -
16 - 3Dorking to Lingfield Apr 09, 2025 -
16 - 4Gatwick Airport to Royal Tunbridge Wells Apr 10, 2025 -
16 - 5Chichester to Amberley Apr 11, 2025 -
16 - 6Windermere to Sellafield Apr 14, 2025 -
16 - 7St Bees to Grange-over-Sands Apr 15, 2025 -
16 - 8Maryport to Penrith Apr 16, 2025 -
16 - 9Aspatria to Carlisle Apr 17, 2025 -
16 - 10Dumfries to Auchinleck Apr 18, 2025 -
16 - 11Shrewsbury to Telford Apr 21, 2025 -
16 - 12Ironbridge to Coseley Apr 22, 2025 -
16 - 13Dudley to West Bromwich Apr 23, 2025 -
16 - 14Birmingham New Street to Wednesbury Apr 24, 2025 -
16 - 15Solihull to Birmingham International Apr 25, 2025 -
16 - 16Loughton to Audley End Apr 28, 2025 -
16 - 17Romford to the Blackwater Estuary Apr 29, 2025 -
16 - 18Chelmsford to Tollesbury Apr 30, 2025 -
16 - 19Witham to Saffron Walden May 01, 2025 -
16 - 20Colchester to Chappel and Wakes Colne May 02, 2025
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Season 15 Mar 18, 2024
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15 - 1Denham to Swindon Mar 18, 2024 -
15 - 2Chippenham to Yeovil Mar 19, 2024 -
15 - 3Swanage to Portchester Mar 20, 2024 -
15 - 4Havant to Guildford Mar 21, 2024 -
15 - 5Wokingham to Heathrow Mar 22, 2024 -
15 - 6Loch Lomond to Kelvinbridge Mar 25, 2024 -
15 - 7Glasgow to Cumbernauld Mar 26, 2024 -
15 - 8Shawlands to Livingston Mar 27, 2024 -
15 - 9Edinburgh to Queensferry Mar 28, 2024 -
15 - 10Dundee to Loch of the Lowes Mar 29, 2024 -
15 - 11Liverpool to Uttoxeter Apr 01, 2024 -
15 - 12Derby to Nottingham Apr 02, 2024 -
15 - 13Lincoln to York Apr 03, 2024 -
15 - 14York to Skipton Apr 04, 2024 -
15 - 15Northallerton to Chester-Le-Street Apr 05, 2024
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Season 14 Jun 19, 2023
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14 - 1Preston to Rawtenstall Jun 19, 2023 -
14 - 2Urmston to New Islington Jun 20, 2023 -
14 - 3Oldham to Wakefield Jun 21, 2023 -
14 - 4Wakefield to Leeds Jun 22, 2023 -
14 - 5Bradford to Hebden Bridge Jun 24, 2023 -
14 - 6Tilbury to Barbican Jun 26, 2023 -
14 - 7Waterloo to Regent's Park Jun 27, 2023 -
14 - 8Paddington to Ongar Jun 28, 2023 -
14 - 9Felixstowe to Norwich Jun 29, 2023 -
14 - 10Brandon to Cambridge Jun 30, 2023 -
14 - 11Derby to Hinckley Jul 17, 2023 -
14 - 12Coventry to Leamington Spa Jul 18, 2023 -
14 - 13Long Itchington to Moseley Jul 19, 2023 -
14 - 14Wolverhampton to Cheltenham Jul 20, 2023 -
14 - 15Tewkesbury to Filton Jul 21, 2023
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Season 13 May 17, 2021
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13 - 1Biggin Hill to Ashdown Forest May 17, 2021 -
13 - 2Hassocks to Benenden May 18, 2021 -
13 - 3Rye to Dungeness May 19, 2021 -
13 - 4Deal to Margate May 20, 2021 -
13 - 5Herne Bay to Leeds Castle, Kent May 21, 2021 -
13 - 6Chislehurst to Kennington May 24, 2021 -
13 - 7Hackney Wick to Oxford Circus May 25, 2021 -
13 - 8Hampstead to Islington May 26, 2021 -
13 - 9Dagenham to Battersea May 27, 2021 -
13 - 10Park Royal to Westminster May 29, 2021
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Season 12 Apr 26, 2021
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12 - 1Oxford to Abingdon Apr 26, 2021 -
12 - 2Stoke Mandeville to Beaconsfield Apr 27, 2021 -
12 - 3West Ruislip to Windsor Apr 28, 2021 -
12 - 4Guildford to Aldershot Apr 29, 2021 -
12 - 5Farnborough to Winchester Apr 30, 2021 -
12 - 6Saxmundham to Dedham May 03, 2021 -
12 - 7Colchester to Chadwell Heath May 04, 2021 -
12 - 8Potters Bar to Cardington May 05, 2021 -
12 - 9Sawbridgeworth to Cambridge May 06, 2021 -
12 - 10Newmarket to Walsingham May 07, 2021 -
12 - 11Crewe to Shotton May 10, 2021 -
12 - 12Rhyl to Anglesey May 11, 2021 -
12 - 13Bangor to Betws y Coed May 12, 2021 -
12 - 14Blaenau Ffestiniog to Barmouth May 13, 2021 -
12 - 15Aberystwyth to Newtown May 14, 2021
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Season 11 Jan 06, 2020
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11 - 1Newcastle to County Durham Jan 06, 2020 -
11 - 2Kielder Forest to Edinburgh Jan 07, 2020 -
11 - 3Falkirk to Dundee Jan 08, 2020 -
11 - 4Dundee to Aberdeen Jan 09, 2020 -
11 - 5Elgin to Loch Ness Jan 10, 2020 -
11 - 6St Ives to St Day Jan 13, 2020 -
11 - 7Truro to St Mawgan Jan 14, 2020 -
11 - 8Bodmin to Totnes Jan 15, 2020 -
11 - 9Paignton to Tiverton Jan 16, 2020 -
11 - 10Taunton to Salisbury Plain Jan 17, 2020 -
11 - 11Canterbury to Alexandra Palace Jan 20, 2020 -
11 - 12Limehouse to Rochford Jan 21, 2020 -
11 - 13Witham to Felixstowe Jan 22, 2020 -
11 - 14Saxmundham to Norwich Jan 23, 2020 -
11 - 15Attleborough to Skegness Jan 24, 2020
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Season 10 Feb 04, 2019
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10 - 1Warrington to Preston Feb 04, 2019 -
10 - 2Blackburn to Manchester Feb 05, 2019 -
10 - 3Manchester to Elsecar Feb 06, 2019 -
10 - 4Maltby to Hinckley Feb 07, 2019 -
10 - 5Birmingham to the Potteries Feb 08, 2019 -
10 - 6Newry to Portadown Feb 11, 2019
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10 - 7Belfast to Portrush Feb 12, 2019 -
10 - 8Larne to Dumfries Feb 13, 2019 -
10 - 9Glasgow to Cumbrae Feb 14, 2019 -
10 - 10Glasgow to Connel Ferry Feb 15, 2019 -
10 - 11Warwick to Radley Feb 18, 2019 -
10 - 12Reading to Cookham Feb 19, 2019 -
10 - 13Ealing Broadway to South Kensington Feb 20, 2019 -
10 - 14Piccadilly Circus to Gravesend Feb 21, 2019 -
10 - 15East Malling to Rye Feb 22, 2019
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Season 9 Jan 01, 2018
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9 - 1Cromer to Cambridge Jan 01, 2018 -
9 - 2Letchworth Garden City to Herne Hill Jan 02, 2018 -
9 - 3Croydon to Shoreham-by-Sea Jan 03, 2018 -
9 - 4Chichester to Cowes Jan 04, 2018 -
9 - 5Swanwick to Brownsea Island Jan 05, 2018 -
9 - 6Whitland to Swansea Jan 08, 2018 -
9 - 7Pontyclun to Ebbw Vale Town Jan 09, 2018 -
9 - 8Newport to Clevedon/Yatton/Bristol Channel Jan 10, 2018 -
9 - 9Taunton to Newton Abbot Jan 11, 2018 -
9 - 10Plymouth to The Lizard Jan 12, 2018 -
9 - 11Hull to Malton Jan 15, 2018 -
9 - 12York to Frizinghall Jan 16, 2018 -
9 - 13Sheffield to Nantwich Jan 17, 2018 -
9 - 14Liverpool to Dolgarrog Jan 18, 2018 -
9 - 15Criccieth to Caernarfon Jan 19, 2018
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Season 8 Jan 02, 2017
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8 - 1The Flying Scotsman Jan 02, 2017 -
8 - 2Welwyn Garden City to Peterborough Jan 03, 2017 -
8 - 3Newark-on-Trent to Stockton-on-Tees Jan 04, 2017 -
8 - 4Darlington to Dunbar Jan 05, 2017 -
8 - 5Longniddry to Edinburgh Jan 06, 2017 -
8 - 6Blackpool to Manchester Victoria Jan 09, 2017 -
8 - 7Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common Jan 10, 2017 -
8 - 8Chapeltown to Doncaster Jan 11, 2017 -
8 - 9Gainsborough to Ely Jan 12, 2017 -
8 - 10Stowmarket to Harwich Jan 13, 2017 -
8 - 11Wexford to Wicklow Jan 16, 2017 -
8 - 12Greystones to Dublin Jan 17, 2017 -
8 - 13Navan to Mullingar Jan 18, 2017 -
8 - 14Dromod to Sligo Jan 19, 2017 -
8 - 15Ballina to Westport Jan 20, 2017
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Season 7 Jan 04, 2016
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7 - 1Carlisle to Penrith Jan 04, 2016 -
7 - 2Windermere to Carnforth Jan 05, 2016 -
7 - 3Preston to Swinton Jan 06, 2016 -
7 - 4St Helens to Knutsford Jan 07, 2016 -
7 - 5Ashley to Alton Jan 08, 2016 -
7 - 6Dover to Lewes Jan 11, 2016 -
7 - 7Newhaven to Worthing Jan 12, 2016 -
7 - 8Littlehampton to Beaulieu Jan 13, 2016 -
7 - 9Lymington Town to Exmouth Jan 14, 2016 -
7 - 10Plymouth to Porthcurno Jan 15, 2016 -
7 - 11Birmingham to Worcester Jan 18, 2016 -
7 - 12Redditch to Gloucester Jan 19, 2016 -
7 - 13Stroud to Bath Jan 20, 2016 -
7 - 14Bristol to Glastonbury Jan 21, 2016 -
7 - 15Bridgewater to Dartmouth Jan 22, 2016 -
7 - 16Ashford to Sevenoaks Jan 25, 2016 -
7 - 17East Grinstead to Guildford Jan 26, 2016 -
7 - 18Woking to Walton-on-Thames Jan 28, 2016 -
7 - 19Hampton Court to Teddington Jan 29, 2016 -
7 - 20Egham to Henley-on-Thames Jan 29, 2016
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Season 6 Jan 05, 2015
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6 - 1Ayr to Stewarton Jan 05, 2015 -
6 - 2Greenock to Larkhall Jan 06, 2015 -
6 - 3Motherwell to Linlithgow Jan 07, 2015 -
6 - 4Stirling to Pitlochry Jan 08, 2015 -
6 - 5St Andrew's to Edinburgh Jan 09, 2015 -
6 - 6Amersham to Regent's Park Jan 12, 2015 -
6 - 7Deptford to West Silverton Jan 13, 2015 -
6 - 8Stratford to London Victoria Jan 14, 2015 -
6 - 9Covent Garden to Soho Jan 15, 2015 -
6 - 10High Street Kensington to London Bridge Jan 16, 2015 -
6 - 11Derby to Grantham Jan 19, 2015 -
6 - 12Boston to Hensall Jan 20, 2015 -
6 - 13Hessle to York Jan 21, 2015 -
6 - 14Middlesbrough to Hexham Jan 22, 2015 -
6 - 15Newcastle to Lindisfarne Jan 23, 2015 -
6 - 16Pembroke Dock to Swansea Jan 26, 2015 -
6 - 17Swansea to Hereford Jan 27, 2015 -
6 - 18Abergavenny to Hanborough Jan 28, 2015 -
6 - 19Oxford to Luton Jan 29, 2015 -
6 - 20Oakham to Cambridge Jan 30, 2015
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Season 5 Jan 06, 2014
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5 - 1Manchester to Birkenhead Jan 06, 2014 -
5 - 2Southport to Leyland Jan 07, 2014 -
5 - 3Preston to Rochdale Jan 08, 2014 -
5 - 4Haworth to Huddersfield Jan 09, 2014 -
5 - 5Honley to Chesterfield Jan 10, 2014 -
5 - 6London Euston to Cheddington Jan 13, 2014 -
5 - 7Bletchley to Newport Pagnell Jan 14, 2014 -
5 - 8Northampton to Nuneaton Jan 15, 2014 -
5 - 9Leicester to Loughborough Jan 16, 2014 -
5 - 10Nottingham to Leeds Jan 17, 2014 -
5 - 11Southampton to Basingstoke Jan 20, 2014 -
5 - 12Winchfield to Crowthorne Jan 21, 2014 -
5 - 13Wokingham to Bradford-on-Avon Jan 22, 2014 -
5 - 14Chippenham to Gloucester Jan 23, 2014 -
5 - 15Cheltenham to Wolverhampton Jan 24, 2014 -
5 - 16Norwich to Brandon Jan 27, 2014 -
5 - 17Ipswich to Chelmsford Jan 28, 2014 -
5 - 18Ilford to Rochester Jan 29, 2014 -
5 - 19Faversham to Dorking Jan 30, 2014 -
5 - 20Brighton to Chichester Jan 31, 2014
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Season 4 Jan 07, 2013
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4 - 1High Wycombe to Stratford-upon-Avon Jan 07, 2013 -
4 - 2Birmingham to Stafford Jan 08, 2013 -
4 - 3Stoke-on-Trent to Winsford Jan 09, 2013 -
4 - 4Dudley to Bridgnorth Jan 10, 2013 -
4 - 5Welshpool to Aberystwyth Jan 11, 2013 -
4 - 6Portsmouth to Gomshall Jan 14, 2013 -
4 - 7Woking to Clapham Junction Jan 15, 2013 -
4 - 8London Victoria to Abbey Wood Jan 16, 2013 -
4 - 9London King's Cross to Peterborough Jan 17, 2013 -
4 - 10Spalding to Grimsby Jan 18, 2013 -
4 - 11Stirling to Invergowrie Jan 21, 2013 -
4 - 12Dundee to Aberdeen Jan 22, 2013 -
4 - 13Dufftown to Aviemore Jan 23, 2013 -
4 - 14Inverness to Plockton Jan 24, 2013 -
4 - 15Invergordon to John O'Groats Jan 25, 2013 -
4 - 16London Paddington to Warminster Jan 28, 2013 -
4 - 17Salisbury to Castle Cary Jan 29, 2013 -
4 - 18Taunton to Minehead Jan 30, 2013 -
4 - 19Lynton and Lynmouth to Exeter Jan 31, 2013 -
4 - 20Exmouth to Newton Abbot Feb 01, 2013 -
4 - 21Killarney to Cobh Feb 04, 2013 -
4 - 22Charleville to Waterford Feb 05, 2013 -
4 - 23Kilkenny to Athy Feb 06, 2013 -
4 - 24Newbridge to Roscrea Feb 07, 2013 -
4 - 25Athlone to Galway Feb 08, 2013
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Season 3 Jan 02, 2012
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3 - 1Great Yarmouth to Beccles Jan 02, 2012 -
3 - 2Darsham to Felixstowe Jan 03, 2012 -
3 - 3Sudbury to Southend Jan 04, 2012 -
3 - 4Epping to Hackney Jan 05, 2012 -
3 - 5Fenchurch to Embankment Jan 06, 2012 -
3 - 6Windsor to Didcot Jan 09, 2012 -
3 - 7Reading to Alton Jan 10, 2012 -
3 - 8Winchester to Isle of Wight Jan 11, 2012 -
3 - 9Brockenhurst to Poole Jan 12, 2012 -
3 - 10Wareham to Portland Jan 13, 2012 -
3 - 11Oxford to Pershore Jan 16, 2012 -
3 - 12Hartlebury to Great Malvern Jan 17, 2012 -
3 - 13Lydney to Newport Jan 18, 2012 -
3 - 14Cardiff to Brecon Jan 19, 2012 -
3 - 15Port Talbot to Milford Haven Jan 20, 2012 -
3 - 16Berwick-Upon-Tweed to Morpeth Jan 23, 2012 -
3 - 17Bardon Mill to Wigton Jan 24, 2012 -
3 - 18Cockermouth to Eskdale Jan 25, 2012 -
3 - 19Kirkby-in-Furness to Lancaster Jan 26, 2012 -
3 - 20Heysham to Snaefell Jan 27, 2012 -
3 - 21Bray to Dublin Jan 30, 2012 -
3 - 22Enfield to Drogheda Jan 31, 2012 -
3 - 23Dundalk to Portadown Feb 01, 2012 -
3 - 24Belfast to Whitehead Feb 02, 2012 -
3 - 25Ballymoney to Londonderry Feb 03, 2012
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Season 2 Jan 03, 2011
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2 - 1Brighton to Crystal Palace Jan 03, 2011 -
2 - 2Waterloo to Canary Wharf Jan 04, 2011
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2 - 3Enfield to Cambridge Jan 05, 2011
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2 - 4Ely to King's Lynn Jan 06, 2011
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2 - 5Dereham to Cromer Jan 07, 2011
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2 - 6Ledbury to Shrewsbury Jan 10, 2011 -
2 - 7Telford to Wrexham Jan 11, 2011
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2 - 8Chester to Conwy Jan 12, 2011
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2 - 9Llanwst to Porthmadog Jan 13, 2011
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2 - 10Llanberis to Holyhead Jan 14, 2011
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2 - 11Newcastle to Chester-le-Street Jan 17, 2011 -
2 - 12Durham to Grosmont Jan 18, 2011
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2 - 13York to Saltaire Jan 19, 2011
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2 - 14Batley to Sheffield Jan 20, 2011
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2 - 15Langley Mill to Melton Mowbray Jan 21, 2011
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2 - 16London Bridge to Chatham Jan 24, 2011 -
2 - 17Aylesford to Tunbridge Wells Jan 25, 2011
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2 - 18Canterbury to Margate Jan 26, 2011
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2 - 19Sandwich to Folkestone Jan 27, 2011
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2 - 20Hythe to Hastings Jan 28, 2011
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2 - 21Ayr to Paisley Jan 31, 2011 -
2 - 22Dumbarton to Tyndrum Feb 01, 2011
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2 - 23Oban to Corrour Feb 02, 2011
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2 - 24Roybridge to Glenfinnan Feb 03, 2011
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2 - 25Lochailort to Skye Feb 04, 2011
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Season 1 Jan 04, 2010
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1 - 1Liverpool to Eccles Jan 04, 2010 -
1 - 2Manchester to Bury Jan 05, 2010 -
1 - 3Todmorden to York Jan 06, 2010 -
1 - 4Pontefract to Bridlington Jan 07, 2010 -
1 - 5Filey to Scarborough Jan 08, 2010 -
1 - 6Preston to Morecambe Jan 11, 2010 -
1 - 7Settle to Garsdale Jan 12, 2010 -
1 - 8Windermere to Kendal Jan 13, 2010 -
1 - 9Carlisle to Glasgow Jan 14, 2010 -
1 - 10Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy Jan 15, 2010 -
1 - 11Swindon to Bristol Jan 18, 2010 -
1 - 12Yatton to Weston Super Mare Jan 19, 2010 -
1 - 13Torquay to Totnes Jan 20, 2010 -
1 - 14Bugle to Mevagissey Jan 21, 2010 -
1 - 15Truro to Penzance Jan 22, 2010 -
1 - 16Buxton to Matlock Jan 25, 2010 -
1 - 17Cromford to Burton-on-Trent Jan 26, 2010 -
1 - 18Walsall to Bournville Jan 27, 2010 -
1 - 19Coventry to Watford Jan 28, 2010 -
1 - 20St Pancras to Westminster Jan 29, 2010
Overview
Dressed in the colours of the Welsh flag and with his 'new' Edwardian Bradshaw's guide in hand, Michael Portillo embarks on a railway adventure, from the coalfields of south Wales around the Bristol Channel to the southernmost tip of Cornwall. His first stop is Whitland in Carmarthenshire, where in the early 20th century, thrill-seekers gathered on Pendine Sands to indulge their need for speed. Michael joins latter day petrolheads to burn rubber on the beach in an iconic three-wheeler. In Llanelli, Michael retraces the fateful events of a national rail strike in 1911 and is stirred by the sound of a male voice choir as they sing the town's unofficial anthem.
Year 2025
Studio BBC Two
Director
Crew Alison Kreps (Executive Producer), Cassie Farrell (Director), Jon Wygens (Music), John Comerford (Executive Producer)
Popularity 1.6916
Language English
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