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Great British Railway Journeys
03:25 am - 03:50 am Thursday, November 5
Manchester to Elsecar
Season 10 · Episode 3
Michael Portillo visits Heaton Park in Manchester, where one of the first open air concerts was held in 1909, before travelling on to the town of Oldham. Michael then ventures to Edale in the Peak District, where he joins ramblers in walking country, and learns how a Sheffield socialist spearheaded a mass trespassing revolt to open up the countryside to working people
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- Michael Portillo — Presenter
- Alison Kreps — Series editor
- Anthony Holland — Director
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