Great British Railway Journeys

Great British Railway Journeys (2010)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • First Air Date: 2010-01-04
  • Last Air Date: 2024-04-05
  • Total Seasons: 15
  • Total Episodes: 270
  • Status: Returning Series
  • Episode Runtime: 30 min.
  • Production Company: Talkback Thames
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Network: BBC Two
  • Director:
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Summary

Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what of Bradshaw's Britain remains.

  • Keywords: railroad
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    Great British Railway Journeys Seasons

    Season 0

    First Air Date:
    2 Episodes

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2010-01-04
    20 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 2011-01-03
    25 Episodes

    Season 3

    First Air Date: 2012-01-02
    25 Episodes

    Season 4

    First Air Date: 2013-01-07
    25 Episodes

    Season 5

    First Air Date: 2014-01-06
    20 Episodes

    Season 6

    First Air Date: 2015-01-05
    20 Episodes

    Season 7

    First Air Date: 2016-01-04
    20 Episodes

    Season 8

    First Air Date: 2017-01-02
    15 Episodes

    Season 9

    First Air Date: 2018-01-01
    15 Episodes

    Season 10

    First Air Date: 2019-02-04
    15 Episodes

    Season 11

    First Air Date: 2020-01-06
    15 Episodes

    Season 12

    First Air Date: 2021-04-26
    15 Episodes

    Season 13

    First Air Date: 2021-05-17
    10 Episodes

    Season 14

    First Air Date: 2023-06-19
    15 Episodes

    Season 15

    First Air Date: 2024-03-18
    15 Episodes

    Great British Railway Journeys Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Liverpool to Eccles30 min
    Season 1Episode 2Manchester to Bury30 min
    Season 1Episode 3Todmorden to York30 min
    Season 1Episode 4Pontefract to Bridlington30 min
    Season 1Episode 5Filey to Scarborough30 min
    Season 1Episode 6Preston to Morecambe30 min
    Season 1Episode 7Settle to Garsdale30 min
    Season 1Episode 8Windermere to Kendal30 min
    Season 1Episode 9Carlisle to Glasgow30 min
    Season 1Episode 10Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy30 min
    Season 1Episode 11Swindon to Bristol30 min
    Season 1Episode 12Yatton to Weston Super Mare30 min
    Season 1Episode 13Torquay to Totnes30 min
    Season 1Episode 14Bugle to Mevagissey30 min
    Season 1Episode 15Truro to Penzance30 min
    Season 1Episode 16Buxton to Matlock30 min
    Season 1Episode 17Cromford to Burton-on-Trent30 min
    Season 1Episode 18Walsall to Bournville30 min
    Season 1Episode 19Coventry to Watford30 min
    Season 1Episode 20St Pancras to Westminster30 min
    Season 2Episode 1Brighton to Crystal Palace30 min
    Season 2Episode 2Waterloo to Canary Wharf30 min
    Season 2Episode 3Enfield to Cambridge30 min
    Season 2Episode 4Ely to King's Lynn30 min
    Season 2Episode 5Dereham to Cromer30 min
    Season 2Episode 6Ledbury to Shrewsbury30 min
    Season 2Episode 7Telford to Wrexham30 min
    Season 2Episode 8Chester to Conwy30 min
    Season 2Episode 9Llanrwst to Porthmadog30 min
    Season 2Episode 10Llanberis to Holyhead30 min
    Season 2Episode 11Newcastle to Chester-le-Street30 min
    Season 2Episode 12Durham to Grosmont30 min
    Season 2Episode 13York to Saltaire30 min
    Season 2Episode 14Batley to Sheffield30 min
    Season 2Episode 15Langley Mill to Melton Mowbray30 min
    Season 2Episode 16London Bridge to Chatham30 min
    Season 2Episode 17Aylesford to Tunbridge Wells30 min
    Season 2Episode 18Canterbury to Margate30 min
    Season 2Episode 19Sandwich to Folkestone30 min
    Season 2Episode 20Hythe to Hastings30 min
    Season 2Episode 21Ayr to Paisley30 min
    Season 2Episode 22Dumbarton to Tyndrum30 min
    Season 2Episode 23Oban to Corrour30 min
    Season 2Episode 24Roybridge to Glenfinnan30 min
    Season 2Episode 25Lochailort to Skye30 min
    Season 3Episode 1Great Yarmouth to Beccles30 min
    Season 3Episode 2Darsham to Felixstowe30 min
    Season 3Episode 3Sudbury to Southend30 min
    Season 3Episode 4Epping to Hackney30 min
    Season 3Episode 5Fenchurch to Embankment30 min
    Season 3Episode 6Windsor to Didcot30 min
    Season 3Episode 7Reading to Alton30 min
    Season 3Episode 8Winchester to Isle of Wight30 min
    Season 3Episode 9Brockenhurst to Poole30 min
    Season 3Episode 10Wareham to Portland30 min
    Season 3Episode 11Oxford to Pershore30 min
    Season 3Episode 12Hartlebury to Great Malvern30 min
    Season 3Episode 13Lydney to Newport30 min
    Season 3Episode 14Cardiff to Brecon30 min
    Season 3Episode 15Port Talbot to Milford Haven30 min
    Season 3Episode 16Berwick-upon-Tweed to Morpeth30 min
    Season 3Episode 17Bardon Mill to Wigton30 min
    Season 3Episode 18Cockermouth to Eskdale30 min
    Season 3Episode 19Kirkby-in-Furness to Lancaster30 min
    Season 3Episode 20Heysham to Snaefell30 min
    Season 3Episode 21Bray to Dublin30 min
    Season 3Episode 22Enfield to Drogheda30 min
    Season 3Episode 23Dundalk to Portadown30 min
    Season 3Episode 24Belfast to Whitehead30 min
    Season 3Episode 25Ballymoney to Londonderry30 min
    Season 4Episode 1High Wycombe to Stratford-upon-Avon30 min
    Season 4Episode 2Birmingham to Stafford30 min
    Season 4Episode 3Stoke-on-Trent to Winsford30 min
    Season 4Episode 4Dudley to Bridgnorth30 min
    Season 4Episode 5Welshpool to Aberystwyth30 min
    Season 4Episode 6Portsmouth to Gomshall30 min
    Season 4Episode 7Woking to Clapham Junction30 min
    Season 4Episode 8London Victoria to Abbey Wood30 min
    Season 4Episode 9London King's Cross to Peterborough30 min
    Season 4Episode 10Spalding to Grimsby30 min
    Season 4Episode 11Stirling to Invergowrie30 min
    Season 4Episode 12Dundee to Aberdeen30 min
    Season 4Episode 13Dufftown to Aviemore30 min
    Season 4Episode 14Inverness to Plockton30 min
    Season 4Episode 15Invergordon to John O'Groats30 min
    Season 4Episode 16London Paddington to Warminster30 min
    Season 4Episode 17Salisbury to Castle Cary30 min
    Season 4Episode 18Taunton to Minehead30 min
    Season 4Episode 19Lynton and Lynmouth to Exeter30 min
    Season 4Episode 20Exmouth to Newton Abbot30 min
    Season 4Episode 21Killarney to Cobh30 min
    Season 4Episode 22Charleville to Waterford30 min
    Season 4Episode 23Kilkenny to Athy30 min
    Season 4Episode 24Newbridge to Roscrea30 min
    Season 4Episode 25Athlone to Galway30 min
    Season 5Episode 1Manchester to Birkenhead30 min
    Season 5Episode 2Southport to Leyland30 min
    Season 5Episode 3Preston to Rochdale30 min
    Season 5Episode 4Haworth to Huddersfield30 min
    Season 5Episode 5Honley to Chesterfield30 min
    Season 5Episode 6London Euston to Cheddington30 min
    Season 5Episode 7Bletchley to Newport Pagnell30 min
    Season 5Episode 8Northampton to Nuneaton30 min
    Season 5Episode 9Leicester to Loughborough30 min
    Season 5Episode 10Nottingham to Leeds30 min
    Season 5Episode 11Southampton to Basingstoke30 min
    Season 5Episode 12Winchfield to Crowthorne30 min
    Season 5Episode 13Wokingham to Bradford-on-Avon30 min
    Season 5Episode 14Chippenham to Gloucester30 min
    Season 5Episode 15Cheltenham to Wolverhampton30 min
    Season 5Episode 16Norwich to Brandon30 min
    Season 5Episode 17Ipswich to Chelmsford30 min
    Season 5Episode 18Ilford to Rochester30 min
    Season 5Episode 19Faversham to Dorking30 min
    Season 5Episode 20Brighton to Chichester30 min
    Season 6Episode 1Ayr to Stewarton30 min
    Season 6Episode 2Greenock to Larkhall30 min
    Season 6Episode 3Motherwell to Linlithgow30 min
    Season 6Episode 4Stirling to Pitlochry30 min
    Season 6Episode 5St Andrew's to Edinburgh30 min
    Season 6Episode 6Amersham to Regent's Park30 min
    Season 6Episode 7Deptford to West Silverton30 min
    Season 6Episode 8Stratford to London Victoria30 min
    Season 6Episode 9Covent Garden to Soho30 min
    Season 6Episode 10High Street Kensington to London Bridge30 min
    Season 6Episode 11Derby to Grantham30 min
    Season 6Episode 12Boston to Hensall30 min
    Season 6Episode 13Hessle to York30 min
    Season 6Episode 14Middlesbrough to Hexham30 min
    Season 6Episode 15Newcastle to Lindisfarne30 min
    Season 6Episode 16Pembroke Dock to Swansea30 min
    Season 6Episode 17Swansea to Hereford30 min
    Season 6Episode 18Abergavenny to Hanborough30 min
    Season 6Episode 19Oxford to Luton30 min
    Season 6Episode 20Oakham to Cambridge30 min
    Season 7Episode 1Carlisle to Penrith30 min
    Season 7Episode 2Windermere to Carnforth30 min
    Season 7Episode 3Preston to Swinton30 min
    Season 7Episode 4St Helens to Knutsford30 min
    Season 7Episode 5Ashley to Alton30 min
    Season 7Episode 6Dover to Lewes30 min
    Season 7Episode 7Newhaven to Worthing30 min
    Season 7Episode 8Littlehampton to Beaulieu30 min
    Season 7Episode 9Lymington Town to Exmouth30 min
    Season 7Episode 10Plymouth to Porthcurno30 min
    Season 7Episode 11Birmingham to Worcester30 min
    Season 7Episode 12Redditch to Gloucester30 min
    Season 7Episode 13Stroud to Bath30 min
    Season 7Episode 14Bristol to Glastonbury30 min
    Season 7Episode 15Bridgwater to Dartmoor30 min
    Season 7Episode 16Ashford to Sevenoaks30 min
    Season 7Episode 17East Grinstead to Guildford30 min
    Season 7Episode 18Woking to Walton-on-Thames30 min
    Season 7Episode 19Hampton Court to Teddington30 min
    Season 7Episode 20Egham to Henley-on-Thames30 min
    Season 8Episode 1The Flying Scotsman30 min
    Season 8Episode 2Welwyn Garden City to Peterborough30 min
    Season 8Episode 3Newark-on-Trent to Stockton30 min
    Season 8Episode 4Darlington to Dunbar30 min
    Season 8Episode 5Longniddry to Edinburgh30 min
    Season 8Episode 6Blackpool to Manchester Victoria30 min
    Season 8Episode 7Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common30 min
    Season 8Episode 8Chapeltown to Doncaster30 min
    Season 8Episode 9Gainsborough to Ely30 min
    Season 8Episode 10Stowmarket to Harwich30 min
    Season 8Episode 11Wexford to Wicklow30 min
    Season 8Episode 12Greystones to Dublin30 min
    Season 8Episode 13Navan to Mullingar30 min
    Season 8Episode 14Dromod to Sligo30 min
    Season 8Episode 15Ballina to Westport30 min
    Season 9Episode 1Cromer to Cambridge30 min
    Season 9Episode 2Letchworth Garden City to Herne Hill30 min
    Season 9Episode 3Croydon to Shoreham-By-Sea30 min
    Season 9Episode 4Chichester to Cowes30 min
    Season 9Episode 5Swanwick to Brownsea Island30 min
    Season 9Episode 6Whitland to Swansea30 min
    Season 9Episode 7Pontyclun to Ebbw Vale Town30 min
    Season 9Episode 8Newport to Clevedon/Yatton/Bristol Channel30 min
    Season 9Episode 9Taunton to Newton Abbot30 min
    Season 9Episode 10Plymouth to the Lizard30 min
    Season 9Episode 11Hull to Malton30 min
    Season 9Episode 12York to Frizinghall30 min
    Season 9Episode 13Sheffield to Nantwich30 min
    Season 9Episode 14Liverpool to Dolgarrog30 min
    Season 9Episode 15Criccieth to Caernarfon30 min
    Season 10Episode 1Warrington to Preston30 min
    Season 10Episode 2Blackburn to Manchester30 min
    Season 10Episode 3Manchester to Elsecar30 min
    Season 10Episode 4Maltby to Hinckley30 min
    Season 10Episode 5Birmingham to the Potteries30 min
    Season 10Episode 6Newry to Portadown30 min
    Season 10Episode 7Belfast to Portrush30 min
    Season 10Episode 8Larne to Dumfries30 min
    Season 10Episode 9Glasgow to Cumbrae30 min
    Season 10Episode 10Glasgow to Connel Ferry30 min
    Season 10Episode 11Warwick to Radley30 min
    Season 10Episode 12Reading to Taplow30 min
    Season 10Episode 13Ealing Broadway to South Kensington30 min
    Season 10Episode 14Piccadilly Circus to Gravesend30 min
    Season 10Episode 15East Malling to Rye30 min
    Season 11Episode 1Newcastle to County Durham30 min
    Season 11Episode 2Kielder Forest to Edinburgh30 min
    Season 11Episode 3Falkirk to Dundee30 min
    Season 11Episode 4Dundee to Aberdeen30 min
    Season 11Episode 5Elgin to Loch Ness30 min
    Season 11Episode 6St Ives to St Day30 min
    Season 11Episode 7Truro to St Mawgan30 min
    Season 11Episode 8Bodmin to Totnes30 min
    Season 11Episode 9Paignton to Tiverton30 min
    Season 11Episode 10Taunton to Salisbury Plain30 min
    Season 11Episode 11Canterbury to Alexandra Palace30 min
    Season 11Episode 12Limehouse to Rochford30 min
    Season 11Episode 13Witham to Felixstowe30 min
    Season 11Episode 14Saxmundham to Norwich30 min
    Season 11Episode 15Attleborough to Skegness30 min
    Season 12Episode 1Oxford to Abingdon30 min
    Season 12Episode 2Stoke Mandeville to Beaconsfield30 min
    Season 12Episode 3West Ruislip to Windsor30 min
    Season 12Episode 4Guildford to Aldershot30 min
    Season 12Episode 5Farnborough to Winchester30 min
    Season 12Episode 6Saxmundham to Dedham30 min
    Season 12Episode 7Colchester to Chadwell Heath30 min
    Season 12Episode 8Potters Bar to Cardington30 min
    Season 12Episode 9Sawbridgeworth to Cambridge30 min
    Season 12Episode 10Newmarket to Walsingham30 min
    Season 12Episode 11Crewe to Shotton30 min
    Season 12Episode 12Rhyl to Anglesey30 min
    Season 12Episode 13Bangor to Betws y Coed30 min
    Season 12Episode 14Blaenau Ffestiniog to Barmouth30 min
    Season 12Episode 15Aberystwyth to Newtown30 min
    Season 13Episode 1Biggin Hill to Ashdown Forest30 min
    Season 13Episode 2Hassocks to Benenden30 min
    Season 13Episode 3Rye to Dungeness30 min
    Season 13Episode 4Deal to Margate30 min
    Season 13Episode 5Herne Bay to Leeds Castle, Kent30 min
    Season 13Episode 6Chislehurst to Kennington30 min
    Season 13Episode 7Hackney Wick to Oxford Circus30 min
    Season 13Episode 8Hampstead to Islington30 min
    Season 13Episode 9Dagenham to Battersea30 min
    Season 13Episode 10Park Royal to Westminster30 min
    Season 14Episode 1Preston to Rawtenstall29 min
    Season 14Episode 2Urmston to New Islington29 min
    Season 14Episode 3Oldham to Wakefield29 min
    Season 14Episode 4Wakefield to Leeds29 min
    Season 14Episode 5Bradford to Hebden Bridge29 min
    Season 14Episode 6Tilbury to Barbican29 min
    Season 14Episode 7Waterloo to Regent's Park29 min
    Season 14Episode 8Paddington to Ongar29 min
    Season 14Episode 9Felixstowe to Norwich29 min
    Season 14Episode 10Brandon to Cambridge29 min
    Season 14Episode 11Derby to Hinckley29 min
    Season 14Episode 12Coventry to Leamington Spa29 min
    Season 14Episode 13Long Itchington to Moseley29 min
    Season 14Episode 14Wolverhampton to Cheltenham29 min
    Season 14Episode 15Tewkesbury to Filton29 min
    Season 15Episode 1Denham to Swindon29 min
    Season 15Episode 2Chippenham to Yeovil29 min
    Season 15Episode 3Swanage to Portchester29 min
    Season 15Episode 4Havant to Guildford29 min
    Season 15Episode 5Wokingham to Heathrow29 min
    Season 15Episode 6Loch Lomond to Kelvinbridge29 min
    Season 15Episode 7Glasgow to Cumbernauld29 min
    Season 15Episode 8Shawlands to Livingston29 min
    Season 15Episode 9Edinburgh to Queensferry29 min
    Season 15Episode 10Dundee to Loch of the Lowes29 min
    Season 15Episode 11Liverpool to Uttoxeter29 min
    Season 15Episode 12Derby to Nottingham29 min
    Season 15Episode 13Lincoln to York29 min
    Season 15Episode 14York to Skipton29 min
    Season 15Episode 15Northallerton to Chester-Le-Street29 min
    • Michael Portillo

      as Self - Presenter
    Directing Ben Rowland Director
    Production John Comerford Executive Producer

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