Season 1 episodes2010-01-04

Series 1

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.

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Episodes

Season 1

Episode 1

Liverpool to Eccles

30m

Episode 2

Manchester to Bury

30m

Episode 3

Todmorden to York

30m

Episode 4

Pontefract to Bridlington

30m

Episode 5

Filey to Scarborough

30m

Series 1

Season 1

Liverpool to Eccles

Manchester to Bury

Todmorden to York

Pontefract to Bridlington

Filey to Scarborough

Preston to Morecambe

Settle to Garsdale

Windermere to Kendal

Carlisle to Glasgow

Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy

Swindon to Bristol

Yatton to Weston Super Mare

Torquay to Totnes

Bugle to Mevagissey

Truro to Penzance

Buxton to Matlock

Cromford to Burton-on-Trent

Walsall to Bournville

Coventry to Watford

St Pancras to Westminster