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Great British Railway Journeys
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Tuesday, October 27
Romford to the Blackwater Estuary
Season 16 · Episode 17
Michael Portillo's exploration of Essex continues in Romford. He arrives on the London Overground's Liberty Line to visit a state-of-the-art rail operating centre and discovers how signallers and operators control the movements of over 4,000 trains a day. On the River Blackwater, he takes a trip to the Ross Revenge ship, home to Radio Caroline since the 1980's
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- Michael Portillo — Presenter
- Anthony Holland — Director
- John Comerford — Executive producer
- Alison Kreps — Executive producer
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