Great British Railway Journeys

Great British Railway Journeys - Season 5 Episode 16 Norwich to Brandon

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

Guided by his 19th century Bradshaw's guide, Michael Portillo embarks on a new journey from Norwich to Chichester. On this first leg he explores Norwich's medieval heart. In the city's Norman castle he 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. At the city's livestock market, Michael learns how to buy a calf at auction with a subtle twitch of his guidebook. He then heads west to Thetford to explore the rabbit warrens of the Brecks. He discovers how the Victorian appetite for rabbits and their fur led to special train services to London, known as Bunny Trains. After a painful encounter with a polecat, Michael heads northwest to Brandon, home of some of the best quality flint in Britain and tries his hand at flint-knapping.

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