Great British Railway Journeys - Season 3
Season 3
Network
Episodes25
DatesJan 2, 2012 - Feb 3, 2012
Episodes
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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