Great British Railway Journeys · SEASON 4
Newbridge to Roscrea
Episode 24 · 2013-02-07
- Documentary
Episode overview
Michael Portillo takes to the tracks once again using his Bradshaw's 'Handbook for Tourists in Great Britain and Ireland' from the Victorian era. Portillo is on a railway journey through the Republic of Ireland travelling from the rugged beauty of County Kerry, across the rural Irish Midlands to end in the city of Galway on the Atlantic coast. In this episode, Michael visits the Irish National Stud, discovers how harsh life was for the Irish poor and uncovers an astronomical feat of Victorian engineering.
30 minutes
Season 4 episodes
1. High Wycombe to Stratford-upon-Avon2013-01-07
2. Birmingham to Stafford2013-01-08
3. Stoke-on-Trent to Winsford2013-01-09
4. Dudley to Bridgnorth2013-01-10
5. Welshpool to Aberystwyth2013-01-11
6. Portsmouth to Gomshall2013-01-14
7. Woking to Clapham Junction2013-01-15
8. London Victoria to Abbey Wood2013-01-16
9. London King's Cross to Peterborough2013-01-17
10. Spalding to Grimsby2013-01-18
11. Stirling to Invergowrie2013-01-21
12. Dundee to Aberdeen2013-01-22
13. Dufftown to Aviemore2013-01-23
14. Inverness to Plockton2013-01-24
15. Invergordon to John O'Groats2013-01-25
16. London Paddington to Warminster2013-01-28
17. Salisbury to Castle Cary2013-01-29
18. Taunton to Minehead2013-01-30
19. Lynton and Lynmouth to Exeter2013-01-31
20. Exmouth to Newton Abbot2013-02-01
21. Killarney to Cobh2013-02-04
22. Charleville to Waterford2013-02-05
23. Kilkenny to Athy2013-02-06
24. Newbridge to Roscrea2013-02-07
25. Athlone to Galway2013-02-08
