S1 E3 ∙ Todmorden to York ∙
Ex-politician Michael Portillo takes to the tracks. Michael goes back in time on the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway and learns more about the Romans in York.
All episodes for series 1 of Great British Railway Journeys
S1 E1 · Liverpool to Eccles
Michael learns Scouse in Liverpool and finds out about the first railway fatality.
S1 E2 · Manchester to Bury
Michael learns how the railways helped to create a national institution - fish and chips.
S1 E3 · Todmorden to York
Michael travels back in time on the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway.
S1 E4 · Pontefract to Bridlington
Michael searches for the last liquorice grower in Pontefract and fishes for sea bass.
S1 E5 · Filey to Scarborough
Michael goes birdwatching and learns to decipher traditional knitting patterns in Filey.
S1 E6 · Preston to Morecambe
Michael Portillo learns about the temperance movement in Preston and visits Blackpool.
S1 E7 · Settle to Garsdale
Michael Portillo revisits the Settle-Carlisle line and explores the Ribblehead viaduct.
S1 E8 · Windermere to Kendal
Michael Portillo takes a Lake Windermere steamboat tour and visits Wordsworth's home town.
S1 E9 · Carlisle to Glasgow
Michael meets the wild Border Reivers clansmen and witnesses a wedding in Gretna Green.
S1 E10 · Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy
Michael makes apple juice in the Clyde Valley and visits the top of the Forth Rail Bridge.
S1 E11 · Swindon to Bristol
Michael finds out about free holiday trains for the GWR workers in Swindon.
S1 E12 · Yatton to Weston-super-Mare
Michael samples Cheddar strawberries and visits one of the country's oldest piers.
S1 E13 · Torquay to Totnes
Michael finds out about Torquay's microclimate and spends some of Totnes's local currency.
S1 E14 · Bugle to Mevagissey
Michael visits the largest clay mine in the world and goes pilchard fishing.
S1 E15 · Truro to Penzance
Michael searches for the church of St Piran and harvests oysters on the Helford River.
S1 E16 · Buxton to Matlock
Michael helps to repair the ancient peat landscape of the Peak District.
S1 E17 · Cromford to Burton-on-Trent
Michael Portillo visits the oldest working factory in the world at Cromford.
S1 E18 · Walsall to Bournville
Michael Portillo learns how to cook an authentic Indian curry in Birmingham.
S1 E19 · Coventry to Watford
Michael Portillo meets the last pure-breed Aylesbury duck farmer in Buckinghamshire.
S1 E20 · St Pancras to Westminster
Michael Portillo climbs up the Houses of Parliament clock tower to hear Big Ben chime.
