Great British Railway Journeys TV Schedule

Upcoming TV Times

Great British Railway Journeys is scheduled to air at these times (may include spoilers):

• Fri 19

  4:50 am ends 6:00 am

  Blaenau Ffestiniog to Barmouth — Great British Railway Journeys

  Season 12 Episode 14

  In the Welsh mountains of Snowdonia, Michael Portillo reaches an abandoned mine with an art-related history. He also explores the harbour town of Porthmadog, and the fantasy village Portmeirion, crafted by architect Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis, and made famous by The Prisoner TV series

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• Sat 20

  5:30 am ends 6:00 am

  Brandon to Cambridge — Great British Railway Journeys

  Season 14 Episode 10

  At RAF Lakenheath, Michael Portillo discovers a slice of America dropped into the British countryside. In the market town of Brandon on the border between Norfolk and Suffolk, he visits Quorn Foods to find how a seemingly modern meat substitute emerged out of a post-war food crisis. Michael ends his journey in Cambridge, where he studied during the 1970s

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• Sun 21

  5:30 am ends 6:00 am

  Oldham to Wakefield — Great British Railway Journeys

  Season 14 Episode 3

  Michael Portillo travels by tram to the former cotton town of Oldham on the edge of the Peak District. Here he visits Oldham Coliseum, the town's Victorian repertory theatre, and hears about the lifting of censorship by the Lord Chamberlain's Office in the late 1960s. He then goes hiking before a visit to Sheffield, where he attends a knife-making workshop. He ends this part of his journey admiring the striking post-war sculptures of Barbara Hepworth at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park near Wakefield

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• Mon 22

  5:25 am ends 6:00 am

  Coventry to Leamington Spa — Great British Railway Journeys

  Season 14 Episode 12

  Michael Portillo's railway journey through the Midlands and West Country takes him to Coventry, where he recalls the destruction by the German Luftwaffe of the city's gothic cathedral in November 1940. He visits the factory of the London Electric Vehicle Company, manufacturers of the iconic London taxi, and then heads south to Royal Leamington Spa and the national centre for the Guide Dogs for the Blind

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• Tue 23

  5:30 am ends 6:00 am

  Long Itchington to Moseley — Great British Railway Journeys

  Season 14 Episode 13

  Michael Portillo reaches Warwickshire, where he gets a glimpse of the work being done for the new HS2 railway infrastructure. In Stratford-upon-Avon he learns about the founding of the Royal Shakespeare Company, before a visit to Birmingham, where he recalls the redevelopment of the city centre during the 1960s and the arrival of black and Asian communities

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• Thu 25

  5:30 am ends 6:00 am

  Wolverhampton to Cheltenham — Great British Railway Journeys

  Season 14 Episode 14

  Michael Portillo stops in Wolverhampton, where he finds out about the impact of Enoch Powell's 1968 speech. He also visits Kingsford Country Park on the outskirts of Kidderminster, investigates pigeon-racing in Worcester, and eventually looks into Cheltenham's jazz festival

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