Great British Railway Journeys

Ex-MP Michael Portillo traces the footsteps of cartographer George Bradshaw and embarks on a series of magnificent train journeys.

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Great British Railway Journeys
Great British Railway Journeys

Series 11 | Episode 4

Michael Portillo travels from Dundee to Aberdeen, stopping off at Glamis Castle, where the Queen Mother grew up, and making an excursion into the Eastern Highlands.

Great British Railway Journeys
Great British Railway Journeys

Series 11 | Episode 3

Michael Portillo reaches the Westerglen Transmitting Station in Falkirk, before visiting Gleneagles and Berry Town on route to the city of Dundee.

Great British Railway Journeys
Great British Railway Journeys

Series 11 | Episode 2

Michael Portillo is in Northumbria, discovering what lay behind a national initiative to plant one of the largest manmade woodlands in Europe.

Great British Railway Journeys
Great British Railway Journeys

Series 11 | Episode 1

Beginning in Jarrow, Michael uncovers the desperation which led 200 men to march 300miles to Westminster in order to petition the Government for work.

Great British Railway Journeys
Great British Railway Journeys

Series 10 | Episode 15

Michael Portillo travels from Warwick to Rye in East Sussex. En route he discovers how the Edwardians' attitude towards cultivation bears fruit even now.

Great British Railway Journeys
Great British Railway Journeys

Series 10 | Episode 14

Michael Portillo journeys from Piccadilly Circus to Gravesend, visiting an exotic West End store that was popular among Victorian women.

About the Show

About Great British Railway Journeys

About Great British Railway Journeys

Follow Michael Portillo whilst he investigates across country on great British railway.

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Great British Railway Journeys Gallery

Michael Portillo traces the footsteps of cartographer George Bradshaw.

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