Great British Railway Journeys · SEASON 5
Honley to Chesterfield
Episode 5 · 2014-01-10
- Documentary
Episode overview
On the last leg of his journey from a notorious slum in Manchester to the grandeur of a ducal seat in Derbyshire, Michael Portillo tunes in to the music of the mills and collieries of Victorian England, testing his puff with the brass band at Honley. In Holmfirth, Michael finds out about a nineteenth-century tragedy that struck the town and led to a tourist boom on the railways. At Chesterfield, Michael pays homage to the father of the railway, George Stephenson, before finishing his journey in style at one of the first stately homes to welcome visitors by rail - Chatsworth.
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
