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Great British Railway Journeys

Series 11

Taunton to Salisbury Plain

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four

Michael Portillo crosses the county line from Devon into Somerset. He sees first-hand how willow farmers sought to overcome the challenge from the production of synthetic plastics during the 1930s. Show more

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