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Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
9:00 pm - 10:00 pm Friday, September 18
The Day That Changed the World
Season 1 · Episode 1
The broadcaster goes on a landmark journey through 200 years of train travel, marking the moment Britain's modern railway was born. In the first of two programmes, he follows the route of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in north-east England, learning how it proved that railways could work. He visits key locations in the story of this pioneering railway, including the town of Shildon, from where the train hauled by Locomotion No 1 set off in 1825
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- Michael Portillo — Presenter
- Anthony Holland — Director
- John Comerford — Executive producer
- Alison Kreps — Executive producer
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