Great Railway Journeys, originally titled Great Railway Journeys of the World, is a recurring series of travel documentaries produced by BBC Television. The premise of each programme is that the presenter, typically a well-known figure from the arts or media, would make a journey by train, usually through a country or to a destination to which they had a personal connection. There were four series broadcast on BBC Two between 1980 and 1999, with the shorter series title being used for all but the first. In 2010 a similar series also aired on BBC Two, Great British Railway Journeys.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | Coast to Coast | 1980-10-30 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | The Long Straight | 1980-11-06 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | Deccan | 1980-11-13 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Confessions of a Trainspotter | 1980-11-27 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | Zambezi Express | 1980-12-04 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | Three Miles High | 1980-12-11 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | Changing Trains | 1980-12-18 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 1 | From Hong Kong to Ulaanbaatar | 1994-01-13 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 2 | Cape Town to the Lost City | 1994-01-20 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 3 | St Petersburg to Tashkent | 1994-01-27 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 4 | Derry to Kerry | 1994-02-03 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 5 | Santos to Santa Cruz | 1994-02-10 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 6 | Karachi to the Khyber | 1994-02-17 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 1 | Crewe to Crewe | 1996-09-04 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 2 | Aleppo to Aqaba | 1996-09-11 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 3 | Great Zimbabwe to Kilimatinde | 1996-09-18 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 4 | The High Andes to Patagonia | 1996-09-25 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 5 | Mombasa to the Mountains of the Moon | 1996-10-02 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 6 | London to Arcadia | 1996-10-09 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 7 | Halifax to Porteau Cove | 1996-10-16 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 1 | India East to West | 1999-01-05 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 2 | Granada to Salamanca | 1999-01-12 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 3 | Tokyo to Kagoshima | 1999-01-19 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 4 | Los Mochis to Veracruz | 1999-01-26 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 5 | Guantanamo to Pinar del Rio | 1999-02-02 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 6 | St Louis to Dogon Country | 1999-02-09 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 7 | Singapore to Bangkok | 1999-04-06 | 30 min |