Great British Railway Journeys - Season 13

Great British Railway Journeys - Season 13

Season 13

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Episodes10
DatesMay 17, 2021 - May 29, 2021
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Episodes

Biggin Hill to Ashdown Forest
Season 13Episode 130 min

Biggin Hill to Ashdown Forest

Michael Portillo experiences a terrifying ‘victory roll' in a World War II Spitfire, meets a biographer of A.A. Milne and lends a hand at the community-owned Plaw Hatch Farm.

May 17, 2021
Hassocks to Benenden
Season 13Episode 230 min

Hassocks to Benenden

Michael visits the village of Ditchling, once the home of a community of Catholic artists, before heading to Bexhill-on-Sea to learn about the role of ARP wardens during the war.

May 18, 2021
Rye to Dungeness
Season 13Episode 330 min

Rye to Dungeness

Michael Portillo follows his 1930s Bradshaw's guide to the unspoilt East Sussex port of Rye, where he learns about the loss of a generation of lifeboatmen in 1928 and explores a wartime pillbox.

May 19, 2021
Deal to Margate
Season 13Episode 430 min

Deal to Margate

Michael heads to the splendid Walmer Castle, home during the 1920s to a Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, Lord Beauchamp, whose openly homosexual lifestyle led to his exile from the country.

May 20, 2021
Herne Bay to Leeds Castle, Kent
Season 13Episode 530 min

Herne Bay to Leeds Castle, Kent

Armed with his interwar copy of Bradshaw's Guide to the Railways, Michael reaches the Kent seaside resort of Herne Bay, where he learns about a pioneering aviatrix.

May 21, 2021
Chislehurst to Kennington
Season 13Episode 630 min

Chislehurst to Kennington

Michael continues his journeys in greater London, beginning on its southeastern fringe in the village of Chislehurst and ending up in Kennington to learn about the childhood of Charlie Chaplin.

May 24, 2021
Hackney Wick to Oxford Circus
Season 13Episode 730 min

Hackney Wick to Oxford Circus

Michael continues his travels through the capital in the heart of London's East End. He begins in Hackney Wick, which today is transformed from the time of his 1930s Bradshaw's guide

May 25, 2021
Hampstead to Islington
Season 13Episode 830 min

Hampstead to Islington

Michael's rail tour of London continues in Hampstead, where Sigmund Freud found refuge from the Nazis. He ends up in Finsbury to learn about the influence of Russian emigre Berthold Lubetkin.

May 26, 2021
Dagenham to Battersea
Season 13Episode 930 min

Dagenham to Battersea

Armed with his 1930s Bradshaw's guide, Michael is in London, where he tracks the River Thames from east to west. Starting in Dagenham, he ends up at the iconic Battersea Power Station.

May 27, 2021
Park Royal to Westminster
Season 13Episode 1030 min

Park Royal to Westminster

Michael discovers the origins of Harry Beck's iconic map of the Underground, learns about a shocking surrealist show in 1930s Piccadilly and explores the headquarters of Churchill's war cabinet.

May 29, 2021

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