Passionate about trains Michael Portillo charts the great British romance with the railways as he retraces four journeys that were first documented in the monthly railway guide Bradshaw's Handbook. He sees what's changed and discovers how our love of the railways all began. Portillo makes stops en route to visit some of Britain's most beautiful cities and hidden-away villages meeting extraordinary people and hearing stories of how their lives have been shaped in some way by the railways. Throughout these monumental journeys Portillo explores the secret ammunition factory... at Gretna sails the last steam boat on Lake Windermere learns to talk 'scouse' in Liverpool takes a dip in Bath Spa cooks a traditional curry in Birmingham tries his hand at oyster fishing in Cornwall and meets survivors of the Coventry Blitz. This 4 disc DVD set features 20 episodes covering the 4 different journeys: Liverpool to Scarborough Preston to Kirkcaldy Swindon to Penzance Buxton to London [show more]
When the series was first screened on BBC-2 I was unsure whether Michael Portillo was the right person to host this programme, but clutching his faithful Bradshaw's Railway Handbook, I was soon won over. Portillo obviously has a passion for the days of steam railways and the historic part that railways played during Britain's great industrial past. I regretted not recording it from the start but I am now so grateful that I have the entire 20 part series on 4 disks. Highly recommended to anyone interested in the age of steam trains the geographical atlas that such railway lines created. Bradshaw's Handbook also covered places of interests, many of which are still with us to this day
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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 A documentary series in which Michael Portillo travels the length and breadth of Great Britain by train The series detailed four railway journeys split into a run of 20 separate episodes Covering Liverpool to Scarborough Preston to Kirkcaldy Swindon to Penzance and Buxton to London
All 20 episodes of the TV series presented by Michael Portillo that traces four historic journeys across Britain. Charting how the nation's love affair with the railways began, Portillo travels from Liverpool to Scarborough; Preston to Kirkcaldy; Swindon to Penzance and Buxton to London, and stops off en route to visit historic landmarks and talk to those whose lives have been changed by the railways. Episodes comprise: 'Liverpool to Eccles', 'Manchester to Bury', 'Todmorden to York', 'Pontefract to Bridlington', 'Filey to Scarborough', 'Preston to Morecambe', 'Settle to Garsdale', 'Windermere to Kendal', 'Carlisle to Glasgow', 'Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy', 'Swindon to Bristol', 'Yatton to Weston Super Mare', 'Torquay to Totnes', 'Bugle to Mevagissey', 'Truro to Penzance', 'Buxton to Matlock', 'Cromford to Burton-on-Trent', 'Walsall to Bournville', 'Coventry to Watford' and 'St. Pancras to Westminster'.
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