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Great British Railway Journeys

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Documentary series in which Michael Portillo travels the country by train.

All aboard! Armed with his trusty Bradshaw's guide, Michael Portillo explores the UK the railways made. Uncover hidden gems and fascinating communities from across the nation.

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Great British Railway Journeys: Series 4

Michael Portillo

Michelle Heeley

Dean Griffiths

John Comerford

Great British Railway Journeys: Series 4: Episode 2: Birmingham to Stafford

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Birmingham to Stafford

BBC Two - Great British Railway Journeys, Series 4, Birmingham to Stafford

Michael Portillo samples the delicacies of a Victorian kitchen at Shugborough Hall.

Michael Portillo learns how the railways helped to make Birmingham the world's pen-making capital and hears tales of a notorious Victorian murderer.

Armed with his copy of Bradshaw's Victorian railway guidebook, Michael Portillo continues his series of journeys along the tracks that helped fuel the Industrial Revolution by travelling to the manufacturing centres of the Midlands, before turning west to experience the stunning Severn Valley railway en route to Wales and the Victorian seaside resort of Aberystwyth. 

He learns how the railways helped to make Birmingham the pen-making capital of the world, hears the chilling tale of one of 19th-century Britain's most notorious murderers and samples the delicacies concocted in a Victorian kitchen at Shugborough Hall.

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Michael Portillo travels the country to see how the railways changed us.

Documentary series in which Michael Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us.

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