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Great Coastal Railway Journeys
01:45 am - 02:15 am Sunday, November 8
Ulverston to Ravenglass
Season 2 · Episode 4
Michael Portillo travels though Cumbria, setting sail in a small craft on Lake Windermere with a lifelong devotee of Arthur Ransome's children's books Swallows and Amazons. At Barrow-in-Furness, Michael investigates the mountains of scrap left behind as iron ore was turned into ships, trains and railway tracks, and discovers researchers are exploring how slagbanks could contribute to reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide.
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- Michael Portillo — Presenter
- Tom Richardson — Director
- Alison Kreps — Series editor
- John Comerford — Executive producer
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