Great British Railway Journeys (programmes)

Taken with reference to the Network Rail website;a schedule listing of all the programmes;



Train travel on TV

A new four-week television series focussing on classic rail journeys begins tonight (Monday 4 January).

Called Great British Railway Journeys, the series follows Michael Portillo as he takes four long journeys across the length and breadth of Britain, following the Victorian Railway Guidebook published by renowned cartographer and printer George Bradshaw.

The journeys featured in the programme are:

Liverpool to Scarborough
Preston to Kirkcaldy
Swindon to Penzance
Buxton to London
To help the production team create the programme, many colleagues from around our business assisted the television crew and the media team arranged for filming to take place in a number of locations, including our managed stations and on the Forth Bridge.

The programme will air every week night at 18:30 on BBC 2.

This is the full transmission schedule:

LIVERPOOL– SCARBOROUGH:

EPISODE 1 – LIVERPOOL TO ECCLES – 04/01/2010
EPISODE 2 – MANCHESTER TO BURY – 05/01/2010
EPISODE 3 – TODMORDEN TO YORK – 06/01/2010
EPISODE 4 – PONTEFRACT TO BRIDLINGTON – 07/01/2010
EPISODE 5 – FILEY TO SCARBOROUGH – 08/01/2010
PRESTON – KIRKCALDY:

EPISODE 6 – PRESTON TO MORECAMBE – 11/01/2010
EPISODE 7 – SETTLE TO GARSDALE – 12/01/2010
EPISODE 8 – WINDERMERE TO KENDAL – 13/01/2010
EPISODE 9 – CARLISLE TO GLASGOW – 14/01/2010
EPISODE 10 – EDINBURGH TO KIRKCALDY – 15/01/2010


SWINDON – PENZANCE:

EPISODE 11 – SWINDON TO BRISTOL – 18/01/2010
EPISODE 12 – YATTON TO WESTON SUPER MARE – 19/01/2010
EPISODE 13 – TORQUAY TO TOTNES – 20/01/2010
EPISODE 14 – PAR TO MEVAGISSEY – 21/01/2010
EPISODE 15 – TRURO TO PENZANCE – 22/01/2010
BUXTON – WESTMINSTER:

EPISODE 16 – BUXTON TO MATLOCK – 25/01/2010
EPISODE 17 – CROMFORD TO BURTON – 26/01/2010
EPISODE 18 – WALSALL TO BOURNVILLE – 27/01/2010
EPISODE 19 – COVENTRY TO WATFORD – 28/01/2010
EPISODE 20 – ST PANCRAS TO WESTMINSTER – 29/01/2010

 

Think you'll find there's already a thread on this at http://railways.national-preservati.../21935-Michael-Portillo-Railway-TV-Programme; if you watch Wednesday's episode you might even see a NatPres contributor.