Great British Railway Journeys
Season 5 Episode 15 - Cheltenham to Wolverhampton
On the final leg of his journey from Southampton to Wolverhampton, Michael's first destination is the elegant spa town of Cheltenham, where he discovers a very early locomotive carriage which ran not on rails but on the road and is lucky enough to get behind the wheel. His next stop is the medieval town of Tewkesbury, scene of a grisly battle during the Wars of the Roses. Armour-plated and sword at the ready, Michael joins a group of re-enactors for a taste of the action. Mercifully unscathed, he makes tracks for Droitwich to find out about how a lowly boatman became the King of Salt and lived in a beautiful chateau, an unexpected sight in the Midlands countryside. Michael's journey ends in Wolverhampton. He learns how the townspeople showed off their talents to the Queen, among them the lost art of Japanning, a speciality of Wolverhampton.
Episodes in Season 5
Manchester to Birkenhead
30 min
Southport to Leyland
30 min
Preston to Rochdale
30 min
Haworth to Huddersfield
30 min
Honley to Chesterfield
30 min
London Euston to Cheddington
30 min
Bletchley to Newport Pagnell
30 min
Northampton to Nuneaton
30 min
Leicester to Loughborough
30 min
Nottingham to Leeds
30 min
Southampton to Basingstoke
30 min
Winchfield to Crowthorne
30 min
Wokingham to Bradford-on-Avon
30 min
Chippenham to Gloucester
30 min
Cheltenham to Wolverhampton
30 min
Norwich to Brandon
30 min
Ipswich to Chelmsford
30 min
Ilford to Rochester
30 min
Faversham to Dorking
30 min
Brighton to Chichester
30 min
