Great British Railway Journeys
Season 7 Episode 3 - Preston to Swinton
7.4 ?
2010
Documentary
Preston to Swinton Michael reads the riot act in Preston, where he discovers four mill workers were shot dead by soldiers at a protest in 1842. In Darwen, he makes a splash in pink as he traces developments in 19th-century interior design from wallpaper to paint. Michael explores the Victorian industrial landscape of Salford, populated by little matchstick figures, as revealed in the paintings of LS Lowry. Michael finishes this leg of his journey on Kersal Moor, where he twists his tongue around the Lancashire dialect and discovers the poetry of Edwin Waugh.
Episodes in Season 7
1
Carlisle to Penrith
30 min
2
Windermere to Carnforth
30 min
3
Preston to Swinton
30 min
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4
St Helens to Knutsford
30 min
5
Ashley to Alton
30 min
6
Dover to Lewes
30 min
7
Newhaven to Worthing
30 min
8
Littlehampton to Beaulieu
30 min
9
Lymington Town to Exmouth
30 min
10
Plymouth to Porthcurno
30 min
11
Birmingham to Worcester
30 min
12
Redditch to Gloucester
30 min
13
Stroud to Bath
30 min
14
Bristol to Glastonbury
30 min
15
Bridgewater to Dartmouth
30 min
16
Ashford to Sevenoaks
30 min
17
East Grinstead to Guildford
30 min
18
Woking to Walton-on-Thames
30 min
19
Hampton Court to Teddington
30 min
20
Egham to Henley-on-Thames
30 min
