Great British Railway Journeys · SEASON 5
Manchester to Birkenhead
Episode 1 · 2014-01-06
- Documentary
Episode overview
Michael Portillo embarks on a new journey from Manchester, birthplace of George Bradshaw, the publisher of his trusted guide, to Chesterfield, burial place of George Stephenson, the father of the railway. In the first leg of the journey, Michael finds out how the world's first industrialised city also gave birth to a revolutionary political movement and hears how railway workers founded one of the most successful football clubs in the world. Along the way, Michael does the washing in Port Sunlight and discovers the legacy of an American named George Francis Train in Birkenhead.
30 minutes
Season 5 episodes
1. Manchester to Birkenhead2014-01-06
2. Southport to Leyland2014-01-07
3. Preston to Rochdale2014-01-08
4. Haworth to Huddersfield2014-01-09
5. Honley to Chesterfield2014-01-10
6. London Euston to Cheddington2014-01-13
7. Bletchley to Newport Pagnell2014-01-14
8. Northampton to Nuneaton2014-01-15
9. Leicester to Loughborough2014-01-16
10. Nottingham to Leeds2014-01-17
11. Southampton to Basingstoke2014-01-20
12. Winchfield to Crowthorne2014-01-21
13. Wokingham to Bradford-on-Avon2014-01-22
14. Chippenham to Gloucester2014-01-23
15. Cheltenham to Wolverhampton2014-01-24
16. Norwich to Brandon2014-01-27
17. Ipswich to Chelmsford2014-01-28
18. Ilford to Rochester2014-01-29
19. Faversham to Dorking2014-01-30
20. Brighton to Chichester2014-01-31
