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Great British Railway Journeys
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Wednesday, October 21
Dudley to West Bromwich
Season 16 · Episode 13
Michael Portillo boards a barge on the Dudley Canal and travels through the second longest navigable tunnel in the UK, while marvelling at a vast cave known as the Singing Cavern. At nearby Wren's Nest, a former limestone quarry that's now part of Unesco's Black Country Geopark, he discovers an ancient seabed. In the town of Smethwick, Michael speaks to the son of 1960's anti-racist activist
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- Michael Portillo — Presenter
- Mike Arnott — Director
- John Comerford — Executive producer
- Alison Kreps — Executive producer
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