Great Australian Railway Journeys TV Listings

TV Times

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

• Mon 20

  8:00 pm ends 9:00 pm

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  Sydney to Broken Hill — Great Australian Railway Journeys

  Season 1 · Episode 2

  Michael Portillo explores New South Wales by train, travelling 570 miles from Sydney to the mining city of Broken Hill. He explores the origins of Sydney as a penal colony, visiting the Hyde Park barracks where many of the first convicts were housed. He also tours the city's iconic opera house, and volunteers for the lifesaving club at Bondi Beach. In the Blue Mountains, he learns about people's relationship to the land from his indigenous guide, before reaching Katoomba, where he rides the steepest railway in the world

  More details for Great Australian Railway Journeys, Mon 20, 8:00 pm
• Mon 27

  8:00 pm ends 9:00 pm

  27

  

  Adelaide to Perth: The Indian Pacific — Great Australian Railway Journeys

  Season 1 · Episode 3

  Michael Portillo embarks on an adventure aboard the transcontinental Indian Pacific Railway, from Adelaide to Perth. Along the way he hears the story of an enterprising 19th-century Briton with a murky past who made his money growing vines, strikes it lucky in one of the most lucrative goldfields in the world and pays a flying visit to the doctor to hear how patients in remote Western Australia are cared for. He also hears how Edward VIII was caught up in a train accident near Bridgetown and learns about a child migration programme that cast a dark shadow on the history of both the UK and Australia

  More details for Great Australian Railway Journeys, Mon 27, 8:00 pm