Episodes (20)

Jan 06, 2014
Michael finds out how the world's first industrialised city also gave birth to a revolutionary political movement and how railway workers began one of the most successful football clubs in the world.

Jan 07, 2014
Michael discovers Victorian entrepreneurship in Wigan, traces the beginnings of the industrial revolution in Bolton and drives a hundred year old commercial vehicle in Leyland.

Jan 08, 2014
Michael celebrates Victorian trade with the Preston Guild then heads to Rochdale, where he discovers a pioneering movement to improve the lot of working families.
About
Great British Railway Journeys Season 5 (2014) is released on Jan 06, 2014 and the latest season 13 of Great British Railway Journeys is released in 2021. Watch Great British Railway Journeys online - the English Documentary TV series from United Kingdom. Great British Railway Journeys is directed by Cassie Farrell,Marc Beers,Tom Richardson,Titus Ogilvy and created by Adrienne Doyard with Michael Portillo and Alex Hutchinson.
Michael Portillo makes various railway journeys across the UK, using a 150-year-old Bradshaw's Guide (a collection of railway timetables and a guidebook). He looks at the history, culture and industry of the towns that he passes through, and the way that things have changed since Bradshaw wrote his Guide.