Great British Railway Journeys
Season 9 Episode 5 - Swanwick to Brownsea Island
Swanwick to Brownsea Island Steered by his Edwardian Bradshaw's guide, Michael Portillo promises to do his best on the island where Robert Baden Powell began the Scout movement in the early 20th century. Joining a group of modern Scouts he learns to build a bivouac and finds out what it is about Scouting that still appeals to boys - and girls - today. In the New Forest, Michael searches out some unsung heroes of the First World War, the ponies who became war horses, and hears their story from a commoner who runs a stable and riding school. Plus in Bournemouth, he investigates a very British institution: the beach hut.
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
