Great Railway Journeys - Season 4

Great Railway Journeys - Season 4

Season 4

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Episodes7
DatesJan 5, 1999 - Apr 6, 1999
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Episodes

India East to West
Season 4Episode 160 min

India East to West

Editor of Private Eye and TV satirist Ian Hislop discovers India by travelling by rail from the port of Calcutta to the desert forts of Rajasthan. On the way he poses for photographs outside the Taj Mahal, visits the Indian parliament and is pampered aboard a special train called the Palace on Wheels.

Jan 5, 1999
Granada to Salamanca
Season 4Episode 250 min

Granada to Salamanca

Ex-cabinet minister Michael Portillo reveals his complicated family roots as he makes good use of Spain's extensive rail network to visit the hordes of relatives who remember his father, a poet and professor of law who joined the republican forces during the Spanish Civil War.

Jan 12, 1999
Tokyo to Kagoshima
Season 4Episode 350 min

Tokyo to Kagoshima

The BBC's Asia correspondent Fergal Keane explores Japan, contrasting life in the busy, sprawling cities with the peace in the countryside as he learns about the nation's spiritual side.

Jan 19, 1999
Los Mochis to Veracruz
Season 4Episode 450 min

Los Mochis to Veracruz

Chef Rick Stein crosses Mexico from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean, travelling on the spectacular rail route that winds through Copper Canyon and the Sierre Madre mountains.

Jan 26, 1999
Guantanamo to Pinar del Rio
Season 4Episode 550 min

Guantanamo to Pinar del Rio

Comedian Nick Hancock crosses Cuba, where his plans are disrupted by the country's crumbling infrastructure and the arrival of Hurricane Georges.

Feb 2, 1999
St Louis to Dogon Country
Season 4Episode 650 min

St Louis to Dogon Country

Hollywood star Danny Glover travels through Senegal into poverty-stricken Mali on a journey to discover whether such nations can achieve economic advancement without a loss of African identity. Along the way, he meets musician Youssou N'Dour and film director Sembene Ousmane.

Feb 9, 1999

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