Great British Railway Journeys
Season 9 Episode 6 - Whitland to Swansea
Dressed in the colours of the Welsh flag and with his 'new' Edwardian Bradshaw's guide in hand, Michael Portillo embarks on a railway adventure, from the coalfields of south Wales around the Bristol Channel to the southernmost tip of Cornwall. His first stop is Whitland in Carmarthenshire, where in the early 20th century, thrill-seekers gathered on Pendine Sands to indulge their need for speed. Michael joins latter day petrolheads to burn rubber on the beach in an iconic three-wheeler. In Llanelli, Michael retraces the fateful events of a national rail strike in 1911 and is stirred by the sound of a male voice choir as they sing the town's unofficial anthem.
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
