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Great British Railway Journeys

Series 11

Canterbury to Alexandra Palace

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Beginning in Canterbury in Kent, Michael treads the boards as he uncovers the political message behind a play, published in 1936, inspired by the 12th-century murder of Archbishop Thomas à Becket. Show more

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