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Great British Railway Journeys
05:05 am - 05:30 am Thursday, November 5
Newry to Portadown
Season 10 · Episode 6
Michael Portillo sets off on the first leg of a journey across Northern Ireland to Argyll and Bute. Beginning in Newry, he finds a specially chartered train that would deliver demonstrators campaigning for Irish Home Rule to a rally in the town. On the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic at Glaslough, Michael discovers a christening robe belonging to Sir Winston Churchill
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- Michael Portillo — Presenter
- Alison Kreps — Series editor
- George Boyle — Director
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