Great British Railway Journeys
Season 5 Episode 9 - Leicester to Loughborough
7.4 ?
2010
Documentary
Guided by his Victorian Bradshaw's Michael Portillo continues his journey north along Robert Stephenson's London to Birmingham line. He begins this leg in Leicester, where he picks up the trail of 'the famous crook-backed King Richard III', who Bradshaw's informs him was buried at the Grey Priory. Michael finds out about the hunt for the king's remains and how scientists managed to prove that the skeleton found under a car park was him. From Rothley, Michael works his passage on the Great Central Railway to Loughborough, where the bells have been tolling since 1839.
Episodes in Season 5
1
Manchester to Birkenhead
30 min
2
Southport to Leyland
30 min
3
Preston to Rochdale
30 min
4
Haworth to Huddersfield
30 min
5
Honley to Chesterfield
30 min
6
London Euston to Cheddington
30 min
7
Bletchley to Newport Pagnell
30 min
8
Northampton to Nuneaton
30 min
9
Leicester to Loughborough
30 min
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30 min
13
Wokingham to Bradford-on-Avon
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14
Chippenham to Gloucester
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15
Cheltenham to Wolverhampton
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30 min
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Ilford to Rochester
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19
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