Great British Railway Journeys
Season 9 Episode 12 - York to Frizinghall
York to Frizinghall Armed with his Edwardian Bradshaw's guide, Michael Portillo conducts important research in an historic tea room, built by an Edwardian immigrant to the city of York. Research of a more sombre kind leads Michael to the roots of our modern welfare state in the work of an early 20th-century Quaker investigator, whose family manufactured chocolate. Next stop is Leeds, where Michael discovers the city's textile heritage, which relied in Edwardian times on a group of skilled Jewish immigrants to take it forward. Michael learns how some of the big names built their empires in Leeds and measures up to a footballing legend. At Bradford Grammar School, Michael hears the story of a talented Edwardian student who became a famous composer and enjoys one of his works, sung by a music pupil of today.
Episodes in Season 9
Cromer to Cambridge
30 min
Letchworth Garden City to Herne Hill
30 min
Croydon to Shoreham-by-Sea
30 min
Chichester to Cowes
30 min
Swanwick to Brownsea Island
30 min
Whitland to Swansea
30 min
Pontyclun to Ebbw Vale Town
30 min
Newport to Clevedon/Yatton/Bristol Channel
30 min
Taunton to Newton Abbot
30 min
Plymouth to The Lizard
30 min
Hull to Malton
30 min
York to Frizinghall
30 min
Sheffield to Nantwich
30 min
Liverpool to Dolgarrog
30 min
Criccieth to Caernarfon
30 min
