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Documentary series in which Michael Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country by train.

Genres: Travel
Station: BBC iPlayer (UK)
Rating: 8.5/10 from 2 users
Status: Running
Start: 2010-01-04

Great British Railway Journeys Season 3 Air Dates


S03E01 - Great Yarmouth to Beccles Air Date: 02 January 2012 18:30 -

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Michael Portillo discovers the grave robbing history of Great Yarmouth, and tries his hand at working a Victorian swing bridge in Reedham.

S03E02 - Darsham to Felixstowe Air Date: 03 January 2012 18:30 -

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Michael Portillo follows the Victorians' fascination with Britain's own Atlantis to Dunwich and discovers the history of the Port of Felixstowe.

S03E03 - Sudbury to Southend Air Date: 04 January 2012 18:30 -

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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.

S03E04 - Epping to Hackney Air Date: 05 January 2012 18:30 -

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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.

S03E05 - Fenchurch to Embankment Air Date: 06 January 2012 18:30 -

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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.

S03E06 - Windsor to Didcot Air Date: 09 January 2012 18:30 -

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Michael Portillo visits a station fit for royalty in Windsor, and views an engineering triumph built by Brunel to span the Thames at Maidenhead.

S03E07 - Reading to Alton Air Date: 10 January 2012 18:30 -

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Michael Portillo tastes a Victorian superfood in Alton, and tries his hand at driving a steam train on the challenging Watercress Line.

S03E08 - Winchester to Isle of Wight Air Date: 11 January 2012 18:30 -

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Michael Portillo experiences the magnificent Victorian organ at Winchester Cathedral, and visits a 19th-century rail works still running in Eastleigh.

S03E09 - Brockenhurst to Poole Air Date: 12 January 2012 18:30 -

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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.

S03E10 - Wareham to Portland Air Date: 13 January 2012 18:30 -

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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.

S03E11 - Oxford to Pershore Air Date: 16 January 2012 18:30 -

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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.

S03E12 - Hartlebury to Great Malvern Air Date: 17 January 2012 18:30 -

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Michael Portillo visits the home of Queen Victoria's favourite bishop, and follows in the footsteps of Victorian health fanatics to the Malvern Hills.

S03E13 - Lydney to Newport Air Date: 18 January 2012 18:30 -

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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.

S03E14 - Cardiff to Brecon Air Date: 19 January 2012 18:30 -

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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.

S03E15 - Port Talbot to Milford Haven Air Date: 20 January 2012 18:30 -

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Michael Portillo explores the Victorian railway legacy behind the steel works of Port Talbot and uncovers the whaling past of Milford Haven.

S03E16 - Berwick-upon-Tweed to Morpeth Air Date: 23 January 2012 18:30 -

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Michael Portillo discovers the unique cross-border history of Berwick-upon-Tweed and hears the unique story of the Pitman Painters of Ashington.

S03E17 - Bardon Mill to Wigton Air Date: 24 January 2012 18:30 -

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Michael Portillo follows the example of Victorian archaeologists at Hadrian's Wall and sees how the Victorian railways first fuelled invention in Wigton.

S03E18 - Cockermouth to Eskdale Air Date: 25 January 2012 18:30 -

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Michael Portillo drinks a Victorian brew drawn from the pure waters of Cockermouth and steps inside the hidden world of nuclear reprocessing at Sellafield.

S03E19 - Kirkby-in-Furness to Lancaster Air Date: 26 January 2012 18:30 -

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Michael Portillo finds out the secrets behind Kirkby's famous blue slate and submerges himself into a secret world of nuclear submarines in Barrow.

S03E20 - Heysham to Snaefell Air Date: 27 January 2012 18:30 -

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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.

S03E21 - Bray to Dublin Air Date: 30 January 2012 18:30 -

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Michael Portillo observes the engineering feat involved in building the railway along Dublin's treacherous East coast and explores a Victorian jail.

S03E22 - Enfield to Drogheda Air Date: 31 January 2012 18:30 -

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Michael Portillo explores the railway network within the Bog of Allen, discovering the secrets behind the Boyne Viaduct and exploring the Irish Zinc mines.

S03E23 - Dundalk to Portadown Air Date: 01 February 2012 18:30 -

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Michael Portillo visits the amazing Cromlech stones of Dundalk and travels in style along the steam railway of Downpatrick.

S03E24 - Belfast to Whitehead Air Date: 02 February 2012 18:30 -

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Michael Portillo explores the fascinating history of Belfast's Victorian docks and discovers the Irish spade-making traditions untouched for over 150 years.

S03E25 - Ballymoney to Londonderry Air Date: 03 February 2012 18:30 -

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

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