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Great British Railway Journeys
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Wednesday, September 16
Rye to Dungeness
Season 13 · Episode 3
Michael Portillo follows his 1930s Bradshaw's guide to the unspoilt East Sussex port of Rye, where he learns about the loss of a generation of lifeboatmen in 1928. On the beaches at Rye, Michael explores one of 28,000 pillboxes constructed around the British coastline during the Second World War, before boarding the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway to Dungeness
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- Michael Portillo — Presenter
- Adrienne Doyard — Director
- Alison Kreps — Series editor
- John Comerford — Executive producer
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