Great British Railway Journeys
Season 6 Episode 11 - Derby to Grantham
Michael Portillo embarks on a new journey following his Bradshaw's handbook from the heart of the industrial east Midlands to the north eastern island of Lindisfarne. On this leg, he gives an old engine a fresh start in the railway hub of Derby. In Nottingham, he discovers the Victorian origins of a well-known high street chemist. He then travels to Newstead Abbey, where he learns about its former owner, the young Lord Byron. A baking lesson in Grantham yields a batch of the oldest commercially traded biscuits in the country, and no visit to the town would be complete for Michael without calling at a historic grocer's shop.
Episodes in Season 6
Ayr to Stewarton
30 min
Greenock to Larkhall
30 min
Motherwell to Linlithgow
30 min
Stirling to Pitlochry
30 min
St Andrew's to Edinburgh
30 min
Amersham to Regent's Park
30 min
Deptford to West Silverton
30 min
Stratford to London Victoria
30 min
Covent Garden to Soho
30 min
High Street Kensington to London Bridge
30 min
Derby to Grantham
30 min
Boston to Hensall
30 min
Hessle to York
30 min
Middlesbrough to Hexham
30 min
Newcastle to Lindisfarne
30 min
Pembroke Dock to Swansea
30 min
Swansea to Hereford
30 min
Abergavenny to Hanborough
30 min
Oxford to Luton
30 min
Oakham to Cambridge
30 min
