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Great British Railway Journeys

8 Series ∙ 130 Episodes ∙ Travel

Documentary series in which Michael Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country by train.

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All episodes for series 6 of Great British Railway Journeys

S6 E1 · Ayr to Stewarton

Michael Portillo embarks on the first leg of a journey through southern Scotland.

S6 E2 · Greenock to Larkhall

Michael Portillo learns how to make sourdough in a bakery in Strathaven.

S6 E3 · Motherwell to Linlithgow

Michael Portillo learns the origins of one of Scotland's best-selling soft drinks.

S6 E4 · Stirling to Pitlochry

Michael Portillo visits the scene of the Battle of Bannockburn.

S6 E5 · St Andrews to Edinburgh

Michael Portillo pays homage to the birthplace of golf.

S6 E6 · Amersham to Regent's Park

Michael Portillo embarks on the first leg of journeys through London and its environs.

S6 E7 · Deptford to West Silvertown

Michael Portillo visits the tea clipper Cutty Sark in Greenwich.

S6 E8 · Stratford to London Victoria

Michael Portillo explores the legacy of the Olympic Park in Stratford.

S6 E9 · London's West End

Michael Portillo learns how diseases were rife in Victorian London on a visit to Soho.

S6 E10 · High Street Kensington to London Bridge

Michael Portillo embarks on his final journey in London, ending at London Bridge.

S6 E11 · Derby to Grantham

Michael Portillo begins the first leg of a journey from Derby to Lindisfarne.

S6 E12 · Boston to Hensall

Michael Portillo discovers the origins of a favourite Victorian apple.

S6 E13 · Hessle to York

Michael Portillo learns about the technology that made the Humber Bridge possible.

S6 E14 · Middlesbrough to Hexham

Michael Portillo learns about eighth-century monk the Venerable Bede.

S6 E15 · Newcastle to Lindisfarne

Michael Portillo learns how Christianity spread across northern England in the 7th century.

S6 E16 · Pembroke Dock to Swansea

Michael Portillo begins the first leg of a journey from south-west Wales to Cambridge.

S6 E17 · Swansea to Hereford

Michael Portillo visits a traditional cider house in Hereford.

S6 E18 · Abergavenny to Hanborough

Michael Portillo visits Big Pit coal mine in Blaenavon.

S6 E19 · Oxford to Luton

Michael Portillo visits Oxford University's Bodleian library.

S6 E20 · Oakham to Cambridge

Michael Portillo finds out why Stamford is a popular location for period dramas.

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