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. This box set features 25 episodes covering 5 different journeys including;Brighton to Cromer Ledbury to Holyhead Newcastle to Melton Mowbray London Bridge to Hastings... Ayr to Skye 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. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Join Michael Portillo for his 2nd series as he travels the length and breadth of Great Britain by train in GREAT BRITISH RAILWAY JOURNEYS
The complete second series of the documentary strand, presented by Michael Portillo, which traces historic journeys across Britain. Taking as his guide Bradshaw's Handbook, a pamphlet on the burgeoning British railway system written by 19th century cartographer and publisher George Bradshaw, Portillo travels around Britain on the railways, stopping to visit historic landmarks and talk to those whose lives have been changed by the railway system. Episodes comprise: 'Brighton to Crystal Palace', 'Waterloo to Canary Wharf', 'Enfield to Cambridge', 'Ely to King's Lynn', 'Dereham to Cromer', 'Ledbury to Shrewsbury', 'Telford to Wrexham', 'Chester to Conwy', 'Llanwrst to Porthmadog', 'Llanberis to Holyhead', 'Newcastle to Chester-le-Street', 'Durham to Grosmont', 'York to Saltaire', 'Batley to Sheffield', 'Langley Mill to Melton Mowbray', 'London Bridge to Chatham', 'Aylesford to Tunbridge Wells', 'Canterbury to Margate', 'Sandwich to Folkestone', 'Hythe to Hastings', 'Ayr to Paisley', 'Dumbarton to Tyndrum', 'Oban to Corrour', 'Roybridge to Glenfinnan' and 'Lochailort to Skye'.
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