Great British Railway Journeys
Season 9 Episode 15 - Criccieth to Caernarfon
With his Edwardian Bradshaw's railway guide tucked under his arm, Michael Portillo begins the last leg of his journey from Hull to Caernarfon. In picturesque Snowdonia, he braves the fastest zip line in the world - stretching 1,500 feet across a vast slate quarry. He uncovers a bitter industrial dispute between quarrymen and the owner of the pit, Lord Penrhyn, which divided the community at the beginning of the 20th century. Riding north Wales's splendid heritage railways, Michael visits the home of British mountaineering, Pen y Gwryd, to hear how an Edwardian journalist and poet created a climbing community, which grew to include men who would conquer Everest in the 1950s. Michael meets the grandson of one of his political heroes, the Edwardian Prime Minister David Lloyd George, at his birthplace in Criccieth.
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
