Great British Railway Journeys
Season 4 Episode 1 - High Wycombe to Stratford-upon-Avon
Michael Portillo embarks on another journey around the nation with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook to discover how the railways have affected people and what remains of Bradshaw's Britain. He begins by travelling from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, to Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, finding out about the remarkable craftsmen behind the Victorian furniture trade, discovering how George Bradshaw helped save Britain's canal heritage and seeing Shakespeare through the eyes of a 19th-century rail tourist.
Episodes in Season 4
High Wycombe to Stratford-upon-Avon
30 min
Birmingham to Stafford
30 min
Stoke-on-Trent to Winsford
30 min
Dudley to Bridgnorth
30 min
Welshpool to Aberystwyth
30 min
Portsmouth to Gomshall
30 min
Woking to Clapham Junction
30 min
London Victoria to Abbey Wood
30 min
London King's Cross to Peterborough
30 min
Spalding to Grimsby
30 min
Stirling to Invergowrie
30 min
Dundee to Aberdeen
30 min
Dufftown to Aviemore
30 min
Inverness to Plockton
30 min
Invergordon to John O'Groats
30 min
London Paddington to Warminster
30 min
Salisbury to Castle Cary
30 min
Taunton to Minehead
30 min
Lynton and Lynmouth to Exeter
30 min
Exmouth to Newton Abbot
30 min
Killarney to Cobh
30 min
Charleville to Waterford
30 min
Kilkenny to Athy
30 min
Newbridge to Roscrea
30 min
Athlone to Galway
30 min