Great British Railway Journeys
Season 4 Episode 24 - Newbridge to Roscrea
7.4 ?
2010
Documentary
Michael Portillo takes to the tracks once again using his Bradshaw's 'Handbook for Tourists in Great Britain and Ireland' from the Victorian era. Portillo is on a railway journey through the Republic of Ireland travelling from the rugged beauty of County Kerry, across the rural Irish Midlands to end in the city of Galway on the Atlantic coast. In this episode, Michael visits the Irish National Stud, discovers how harsh life was for the Irish poor and uncovers an astronomical feat of Victorian engineering.
Episodes in Season 4
1
High Wycombe to Stratford-upon-Avon
30 min
2
Birmingham to Stafford
30 min
3
Stoke-on-Trent to Winsford
30 min
4
Dudley to Bridgnorth
30 min
5
Welshpool to Aberystwyth
30 min
6
Portsmouth to Gomshall
30 min
7
Woking to Clapham Junction
30 min
8
London Victoria to Abbey Wood
30 min
9
London King's Cross to Peterborough
30 min
10
Spalding to Grimsby
30 min
11
Stirling to Invergowrie
30 min
12
Dundee to Aberdeen
30 min
13
Dufftown to Aviemore
30 min
14
Inverness to Plockton
30 min
15
Invergordon to John O'Groats
30 min
16
London Paddington to Warminster
30 min
17
Salisbury to Castle Cary
30 min
18
Taunton to Minehead
30 min
19
Lynton and Lynmouth to Exeter
30 min
20
Exmouth to Newton Abbot
30 min
21
Killarney to Cobh
30 min
22
Charleville to Waterford
30 min
23
Kilkenny to Athy
30 min
24
Newbridge to Roscrea
30 min
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Athlone to Galway
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