Former Minister of State for Transport Michael Portillo takes to the tracks in the second series of the BBC TV Documentary Great British Railway Journeys. Passionate about trains, Michael Portillo embarks on five epic rail journeys, each split into five legs, travelling the length and breadth of the UK as he retraces routes that were described in his original 1860's copy of 'Bradshaw's Railway Handbook'. Along the way he witnesses all the things that have changed since the early days of rail transport and what still remains of Bradshaw's Britain, discovering the effect the railways had on the public and finding out how the British love of trains all began. Michael samples some classic Cromer crab, gets a rare chance to drive a heritage diesel and gets up close and personal with a pedigree Hereford bull. He also discovers a secret World War II chemical weapons plant at Rhydmwyn, takes a steam train across the beautiful North Yorkshire Moors, attempts to make an authentic Melton Mowbray pork pie, discovers how the railways turned cricket into a national sport and hunts for gold in Scotland's mountains.
This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Brighton to Crystal Palace
2. Waterloo to Canary Wharf
3. Enfield to Cambridge
4. Ely to King's Lynn
5. Dereham to Cromer
Disc 2:
This disc includes the following episodes:
6. Ledbury to Shrewsbury
7. Telford to Wrexham
8. Chester to Conwy
9. Llanwrst to Porthmadog
10. Llanberis to Holyhead
Disc 3:
This disc includes the following episodes:
11. Newcastle to Chester-le-Street
12. Durham to Grosmont
13. York to Saltaire
14. Batley to Sheffield
15. Langley Mill to Melton Mowbray
Disc 4:
This disc includes the following episodes:
16. London Bridge to Chatham
17. Aylesford to Tunbridge Wells
18. Canterbury to Margate
19. Sandwich to Folkestone
20. Hythe to Hastings
Disc 5:
This disc includes the following episodes:
21. Ayr to Paisley
22. Dumbarton to Tyndrum
23. Oban to Corrour
24. Roybridge to Glenfinnan
25. Lochailort to Skye
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