Great British Railway Journeys - Season 3

Great British Railway Journeys - Season 3

Season 3

Network
Episodes25
DatesJan 2, 2012 - Feb 3, 2012
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Episodes

Great Yarmouth to Beccles
Season 3Episode 130 min

Great Yarmouth to Beccles

Michael Portillo discovers the grave robbing history of Great Yarmouth, and tries his hand at working a Victorian swing bridge in Reedham.
Jan 2, 2012
Darsham to Felixstowe
Season 3Episode 230 min

Darsham to Felixstowe

Michael Portillo follows the Victorians' fascination with Britain's own Atlantis to Dunwich and discovers the history of the Port of Felixstowe.
Jan 3, 2012
Sudbury to Southend
Season 3Episode 330 min

Sudbury to Southend

Michael Portillo comes face to face with a medieval politician, takes a rail tour of Victorian freak show hot spots and rides an early electric railway.
Jan 4, 2012
Epping to Hackney
Season 3Episode 430 min

Epping to Hackney

Michael Portillo sees how gunpowder made in Waltham Cross fuelled an empire and heads to Hackney to uncover the gruesome details of the first murder on a train.
Jan 5, 2012
Fenchurch to Embankment
Season 3Episode 530 min

Fenchurch to Embankment

Michael Portillo takes a ride on a secret miniature railway hidden beneath London's streets and rings the bells of the famous church of Bow.
Jan 6, 2012
Windsor to Didcot
Season 3Episode 630 min

Windsor to Didcot

Michael Portillo visits a station fit for royalty in Windsor, and views an engineering triumph built by Brunel to span the Thames at Maidenhead.
Jan 9, 2012
Reading to Alton
Season 3Episode 730 min

Reading to Alton

Michael Portillo tastes a Victorian superfood in Alton, and tries his hand at driving a steam train on the challenging Watercress Line.
Jan 10, 2012
Winchester to Isle of Wight
Season 3Episode 830 min

Winchester to Isle of Wight

Michael Portillo experiences the magnificent Victorian organ at Winchester Cathedral, and visits a 19th-century rail works still running in Eastleigh.
Jan 11, 2012
Brockenhurst to Poole
Season 3Episode 930 min

Brockenhurst to Poole

On the trail of a Victorian snake catcher, Michael Portillo visits the New Forest seeking out venomous adders. He also uncovers a secret library in Wimborne.
Jan 12, 2012
Wareham to Portland
Season 3Episode 1030 min

Wareham to Portland

Michael Portillo uncovers the oil fields hidden underneath England's quiet seaside resorts and discovers the crucial role Weymouth played in the D-day landings.
Jan 13, 2012
Oxford to Pershore
Season 3Episode 1130 min

Oxford to Pershore

Michael Portillo is led to a special view of the city of Oxford by his 19th-century guidebook and samples a Victorian navvies' brew made by steam power.
Jan 16, 2012
Hartlebury to Great Malvern
Season 3Episode 1230 min

Hartlebury to Great Malvern

Michael Portillo visits the home of Queen Victoria's favourite bishop, and follows in the footsteps of Victorian health fanatics to the Malvern Hills.
Jan 17, 2012
Lydney to Newport
Season 3Episode 1330 min

Lydney to Newport

Michael Portillo sees why the Victorians fell for the romantic ruins of Tintern Abbey and discovers Britain's hidden micro-mines within the Forest of Dean.
Jan 18, 2012
Cardiff to Brecon
Season 3Episode 1430 min

Cardiff to Brecon

Michael Portillo discovers the Victorian coal heritage that turned Cardiff into the city it is today, and takes a steam ride through Brecon Beacons National Park.
Jan 19, 2012
Port Talbot to Milford Haven
Season 3Episode 1530 min

Port Talbot to Milford Haven

Michael Portillo explores the Victorian railway legacy behind the steel works of Port Talbot and uncovers the whaling past of Milford Haven.
Jan 20, 2012
Berwick-upon-Tweed to Morpeth
Season 3Episode 1630 min

Berwick-upon-Tweed to Morpeth

Michael Portillo discovers the unique cross-border history of Berwick-upon-Tweed and hears the unique story of the Pitman Painters of Ashington.
Jan 23, 2012
Bardon Mill to Wigton
Season 3Episode 1730 min

Bardon Mill to Wigton

Michael Portillo follows the example of Victorian archaeologists at Hadrian's Wall and sees how the Victorian railways first fuelled invention in Wigton.
Jan 24, 2012
Cockermouth to Eskdale
Season 3Episode 1830 min

Cockermouth to Eskdale

Michael Portillo drinks a Victorian brew drawn from the pure waters of Cockermouth and steps inside the hidden world of nuclear reprocessing at Sellafield.
Jan 25, 2012
Kirkby-in-Furness to Lancaster
Season 3Episode 1930 min

Kirkby-in-Furness to Lancaster

Michael Portillo finds out the secrets behind Kirkby's famous blue slate and submerges himself into a secret world of nuclear submarines in Barrow.
Jan 26, 2012
Heysham to Snaefell
Season 3Episode 2030 min

Heysham to Snaefell

Michael Portillo sets sail from Heysham to the Isle of Man, where he discovers the horse trams of Douglas and the secrets of the giant Laxey Wheel.
Jan 27, 2012
Bray to Dublin
Season 3Episode 2130 min

Bray to Dublin

Michael Portillo observes the engineering feat involved in building the railway along Dublin's treacherous East coast and explores a Victorian jail.
Jan 30, 2012
Enfield to Drogheda
Season 3Episode 2230 min

Enfield to Drogheda

Michael Portillo explores the railway network within the Bog of Allen, discovering the secrets behind the Boyne Viaduct and exploring the Irish Zinc mines.
Jan 31, 2012
Dundalk to Portadown
Season 3Episode 2330 min

Dundalk to Portadown

Michael Portillo visits the amazing Cromlech stones of Dundalk and travels in style along the steam railway of Downpatrick.
Feb 1, 2012
Belfast to Whitehead
Season 3Episode 2430 min

Belfast to Whitehead

Michael Portillo explores the fascinating history of Belfast's Victorian docks and discovers the Irish spade-making traditions untouched for over 150 years.
Feb 2, 2012
Ballymoney to Londonderry
Season 3Episode 2530 min

Ballymoney to Londonderry

Michael Portillo takes a white knuckle walk over the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge and experiences the delights of the Giant's Causeway.
Feb 3, 2012

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