Great British Railway Journeys - Season 4
Season 4
Network
Episodes25
DatesJan. 7, 2013 - Feb. 8, 2013
Episodes
Season 4Episode 130 min
High Wycombe to Stratford-upon-Avon
Michael Portillo meets the craftsmen behind Victorian furniture and sees Shakespeare through the eyes of a 19th-century railway tourist.
Jan. 7, 2013
Season 4Episode 230 min
Birmingham to Stafford
Michael Portillo learns how the railways helped to make Birmingham the world's pen-making capital and hears tales of a notorious Victorian murderer.
Jan. 8, 2013
Season 4Episode 330 min
Stoke-on-Trent to Winsford
Michael Portillo explores one of the greatest locomotive factories in railway history, discovers the dark side of the Industrial Revolution and learns how, in Victorian times, the potteries brought their products to the masses.
Jan. 9, 2013
Season 4Episode 430 min
Dudley to Bridgnorth
Michael Portillo rides the stunning Severn Valley Railway across Victoria Bridge and learns how Victorian blacksmithing was not for the faint-hearted.
Jan. 10, 2013
Season 4Episode 530 min
Welshpool to Aberystwyth
Michael Portillo travels to the Victorian seaside resort of Aberystwyth and unleashes the power of a 19th-century engineering triumph.
Jan. 11, 2013
Season 4Episode 630 min
Portsmouth to Gomshall
Michael Portillo feeds the crew of Britain's newest warship and discovers how the Victorians planned to repel a possible French invasion.
Jan. 14, 2013
Season 4Episode 730 min
Woking to Clapham Junction
Michael Portillo gets close to some Victorian botany at Kew Gardens, tries his hand at croquet and discovers a surprising 19th-century place of worship.
Jan. 15, 2013
Season 4Episode 830 min
London Victoria to Abbey Wood
Michael Portillo learns how Victorian fire fighters liked a tipple and discovers how even 19th-century sewage pumps were a celebration of design.
Jan. 16, 2013
Season 4Episode 930 min
London King's Cross to Peterborough
Michael Portillo discovers how derelict Victorian London is being rejuvenated and puts in a shift at a Cambridgeshire brick factory.
Jan. 17, 2013
Season 4Episode 1030 min
Spalding to Grimsby
Michael Portillo sees how Lincolnshire farmers utilised rails to improve their harvests and visits Lincoln's most impressive cathedral.
Jan. 18, 2013
Season 4Episode 1130 min
Stirling to Invergowrie
Michael Portillo learns about a Scottish hero, visits a Highland Games and discovers how an impressive piece of Victorian engineering ended in tragedy.
Jan. 21, 2013
Season 4Episode 1230 min
Dundee to Aberdeen
Michael Portillo learns how Queen Victoria used to hide from her subjects, discovers how factory workers went deaf and goes out with a bang in Aberdeenshire.
Jan. 22, 2013
Season 4Episode 1330 min
Dufftown to Aviemore
Michael Portillo learns how Victorian whisky trains were raided by robbers and travels along one of Scotland's most impressive viaducts.
Jan. 23, 2013
Season 4Episode 1430 min
Inverness to Plockton
Michael Portillo rides one of Scotland's most picturesque railways, visits the smallest station and learns what went into a Victorian-style spa break.
Jan. 24, 2013
Season 4Episode 1530 min
Invergordon to John O'Groats
Michael Portillo learns how one man helped bring train travel to the Highlands and hears the remarkable tale of Scotland's Victorian gold rush.
Jan. 25, 2013
Season 4Episode 1630 min
London Paddington to Warminster
Michael Portillo gets to grips with the old grey matter at a Victorian asylum, gives a historic horse a facelift and makes malt the 19th century way.
Jan. 28, 2013
Season 4Episode 1730 min
Salisbury to Castle Cary
Michael Portillo visits a tourist hotspot that's been captivating visitors since the Victorian era and takes to the air in Yeovil.
Jan. 29, 2013
Season 4Episode 1830 min
Taunton to Minehead
Michael Portillo explores a church that moves in mysterious ways and summons all his strength to move a one hundred and ten tonne steam locomotive.
Jan. 30, 2013
Season 4Episode 1930 min
Lynton and Lynmouth to Exeter
Michael Portillo visits a garden used as a viewing platform for public hangings, and experiences a timepiece like no other.
Jan. 31, 2013
Season 4Episode 2030 min
Exmouth to Newton Abbot
Michael Portillo takes to sea with the heroes of the RNLI, visits a stormy coastal railway and has a close personal encounter with his boyhood hero.
Feb. 1, 2013
Season 4Episode 2130 min
Killarney to Cobh
Michael Portillo samples 19th-century foodie delicacies, explores a landscape shot to fame by rails and royals, and risks life and limb for the gift of the gab.
Feb. 4, 2013
Season 4Episode 2230 min
Charleville to Waterford
Michael Portillo learns the ancient art of making butter and Ireland's oldest game, then rides the Duke of Devonshire's Victorian Irish railway.
Feb. 5, 2013
Season 4Episode 2330 min
Kilkenny to Athy
Michael Portillo uses his Victorian guidebook to compare and contrast Ireland then and now. In this episode, Michael tries his hand at cutting marble.
Feb. 6, 2013
Season 4Episode 2430 min
Newbridge to Roscrea
Michael Portillo is on a rail trip through the Irish Republic. He visits the Irish National Stud and uncovers an astronomical feat of Victorian engineering.
Feb. 7, 2013
Season 4Episode 2530 min
Athlone to Galway
On the final leg of Michael Portillo's Irish journey he discovers historic jewellery with royal connections in Galway and meets a people's king.
Feb. 8, 2013
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