Great British Railway Journeys

Great British Railway Journeys - Season 5 Episode 14 Chippenham to Gloucester

2025-05-02 30 minutes.
7.30 12 votes

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8 Season 8 Jan 02, 2017
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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

Michael Portillo continues his journey from Southampton to Wolverhampton beginning today in Chippenham, where at Lacock Abbey he discovers how the world's first photographic negative was made and learns how to make a print. He travels on to Bristol to visit the Victorian Clifton Zoo, where he finds tigers and polar bears before him also arrived by train. Next stop is Severn Tunnel Junction in Wales, where he explores an extraordinary piece of Victorian engineering with its own pump house pumping out millions of gallons a day to keep it dry. Michael then heads for Gloucester to find out why the station became infamous for lost luggage. At the city's cathedral, Michael meets a stonemason who bravely invites him to chip away.

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