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Great British Railway Journeys

Series 5

Episode 3: Preston to Rochdale

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Michael Portillo continues his journey through the north west of England. He celebrates Victorian trade with the Preston Guild then heads to Rochdale, where he discovers a pioneering movement that helped improve the lot of working families. Michael follows in the tracks of swathes of 19th-century working people who made day trips from the industrial towns to Hebden Bridge to walk in the beautiful Calder Valley. Show less

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